Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
RocketSwap Base
Hack or exploit on Aug 15, 2023 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$865K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#977
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
RocketSwap's farm contract on Base was drained of 471 ETH ($865K) when attackers used brute force to compromise server-hosted private keys and gain control of the proxy contract with overly permissive transfer permissions.
Details
- Date
- Aug 15, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Base, Ethereum
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "RocketSwap Base hack, Aug 15, 2023: $865K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htbdef671658/ (data as of 2026-11-01).