Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Bunny
Hack or exploit on Jul 16, 2021 · Unbacked Mint
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$2.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#648
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On July 16, 2021, attacker minted 2.1M unbacked polyBUNNY tokens via QuickSwap price manipulation on Polygon. The token crashed 82% ($10 to $2), causing $2.4M loss. Bunny compensated users with $2.4M in MND tokens.
Details
- Date
- Jul 16, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Unbacked Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain, Polygon
- Audit (rekt.news)
- unaudited
After the theft
- Victims reimbursed
- $2.4M
“Bunny compensated users with $2.4M in MND tokens.” (DefiLlama)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bunny hack, Jul 16, 2021: $2.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc08c15c2f8/ (data as of 2026-10-31).