Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit
Vegas Town
Hack or exploit on Mar 10, 2019 · Hard_fail attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$8K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#2,276
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
The attacker launched a continuous attack on the EOS quiz game Vegas Town, profited thousands of EOS, and has been transferred to the ZB exchange. Preliminary analysis found that hackers used the failed (hard_fail) transfer transaction to cheat the game server, resulting in continued awards.
Details
- Date
- Mar 10, 2019
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hard_fail attack
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- EOS
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Vegas Town hack, Mar 10, 2019: $8K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc75429e318/ (data as of 2026-11-01).