Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Hacker pulls $1 million from defi project, then destroys contract without withdrawing the funds
Hack or exploit on Apr 21, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#913
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Apr 21, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- BNB Chain
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Hacker pulls $1 million from defi project, then destroys contract without withdrawing the funds hack, Apr 21, 2022: $1M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htb8dce6d426/ (data as of 2026-10-31).