Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
AutoShark
Hack or exploit on May 24, 2021 · Reward Logic Flaw
IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$823K
sources: $750K to $823K
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#990
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
In May 2021, AutoShark Finance on BSC was exploited for ~$822,800 via flashloan attack. The attacker flash-loaned BNB to manipulate the SHARK-BNB pool, donated tokens directly into SharkMinter to inflate reward calculations, and dumped newly minted SHARK through 1inch and AnySwap.
In review: possible duplicate within one source.
Details
- Date
- May 24, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Reward Logic Flaw
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- BNB Chain
- Audit (rekt.news)
- Techrate
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "AutoShark hack, May 24, 2021: $823K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hte0f9ba3c2a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).