Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Hector Lending
Hack or exploit on Jun 2, 2023 · Token Approval Abuse
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$653K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,062
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Hector Lending's cross-chain bridge on Fantom was exploited on June 2, 2023. An unlimited USDC approval on a beta bridge contract was exploited to drain ~650,000 USDC, after which the network voted to liquidate $16M in treasury.
Details
- Date
- Jun 2, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Token Approval Abuse
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Fantom
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Hector Lending hack, Jun 2, 2023: $653K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htec0a4c2dac/ (data as of 2026-11-01).