Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Nexera
Hack or exploit on Aug 7, 2024 · Malware
IN REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$449K
sources: $449K to $1.8M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,191
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Attackers compromised Nexera's token contract credentials via BeaverTail malware on an employee machine, then transferred 47.24M NXRA. They sold 14.75M tokens for ~$449K before Nexera paused the contract and zeroed the remaining 32.5M.
In review: sources disagree on the loss.
Details
- Date
- Aug 7, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Malware
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Nexera hack, Aug 7, 2024: $449K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf1235e0b74/ (data as of 2026-11-01).