Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit

Fishing

Hack or exploit on Jan 13, 2019 · Transaction congestion attack

ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE

Lost

undisclosed

dollars at the time

Returned

none listed

as the sources state it

Rank

not ranked

collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked

What happened

The attacker used transaction congestion attack to exploit vulnerability in the old-version BP nodeos.

Details

Date: Jan 13, 2019
Kind: Hack or exploit
Method: Transaction congestion attack
How in: Smart contract bug
Target: not stated
Chains: EOS

Reported by

SlowMist Hacked ↗

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Cite this page

SwanBluechip, "Fishing hack, Jan 13, 2019: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htee46e6ff52/ (data as of 2026-11-01).

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