Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Yearn Finance
Hack or exploit on Mar 14, 2023 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#830
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Yearn Finance tweeted: “While there is no direct exposure to Euler, some vaults are indirectly exposed to the hack. Vaults using the Idle and Angle strategies have a combined exposure of $1.38 million on yvUSDT and yvUSDC. The developers are currently actively working on the affected protocol, any remaining bad debt will be borne by the Yearn Treasury, and all vaults will remain open and fully operational for users as usual." On May 3, Yearn Finance tweeted that all funds impacted by the march Euler hack have now been recovered. The affected vaults were yvUSDC & yvUSDT, with these strategies having indirect exposure: Idle Finance v4 [Best yield] and Angle Standard LP.
Details
- Date
- Mar 14, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Affected by Euler Finance Attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- yes, amount not stated
“The developers are currently actively working on the affected protocol, any remaining bad debt will be borne by the Yearn Treasury, and all vaults will remain open and fully operational for users as usual." On May 3, Yearn Finance tweeted that all funds impacted by the march Euler hack have now been recovered.” (SlowMist Hacked)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Yearn Finance hack, Mar 14, 2023: $1.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htaeec47b663/ (data as of 2026-10-31).