Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
EOSCast
Hack or exploit on Oct 31, 2018 · Infinite Mint
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$73K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,826
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
EOSCast gaming contract was exploited via a fake EOS token attack. The attacker created a malicious token contract named 'EOS' and launched 17 transfer attacks of varying amounts (100, 1,000, and 10,000 counterfeit tokens). The contract failed to verify the token issuer, allowing the hacker to extract 72,912 real EOS from the bonus pool.
Details
- Date
- Oct 31, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Infinite Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- EOS
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "EOSCast hack, Oct 31, 2018: $73K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htd5fdcbd0ef/ (data as of 2026-10-31).