Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
QANplatform
Hack or exploit on Oct 11, 2022 · Weak Key Generation
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$2M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#702
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
QANplatform's bridge deployer wallet was compromised on October 11, 2022 due to the profanity vulnerability in the vanity address generator. The attacker recovered the private key and drained ~$2M from the Ethereum and BNB cross-chain bridges in multiple withdrawals.
Details
- Date
- Oct 11, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Weak Key Generation
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "QANplatform hack, Oct 11, 2022: $2M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hta66a271b67/ (data as of 2026-10-31).