Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
ApolloX
Hack or exploit on Jun 8, 2022 · Signature Verification Flaw
SOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$1.6M
sources: $1.5M to $2.1M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#779
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On June 8, 2022, ApolloX on BSC was exploited when a hacker accumulated 255 signatures using a flaw in the Trading Rewards Contract and used them to withdraw 53 million APX tokens from the Withdrawal Contract without proper verification. The tokens were swapped for ~$2.15M BUSD via PancakeSwap.
Details
- Date
- Jun 8, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Signature Verification Flaw
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain, Ethereum
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "ApolloX hack, Jun 8, 2022: $1.6M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htd99f9a2ddc/ (data as of 2026-10-31).