Hack history / 2023 / Rug pull
Swaprum
Rug pull on May 19, 2023 · Backdoor Contract
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$3M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#597
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Swaprum founders exploited a backdoor add() function in their smart contract to steal approximately $3 million in deposited liquidity pool tokens from users. The stolen funds were laundered through Tornado Cash.
Details
- Date
- May 19, 2023
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- Backdoor Contract
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Arbitrum, Ethereum
- Audit (rekt.news)
- out of scope
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Swaprum rug pull, May 19, 2023: $3M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc13a27cce0/ (data as of 2026-10-31).