Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit

ETC

Hack or exploit on Sep 4, 2021 · Ethereum client Geth vulnerability

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

Ethereum Classic (ETC) tweeted that the ETC mainnet was forked due to previous vulnerabilities in the Ethereum client Geth. At present, most of the computing power is on the mainnet. Core-geth node operators should update to v1.12.1 or higher as soon as possible.

Details

Date: Sep 4, 2021
Kind: Hack or exploit
Method: Ethereum client Geth vulnerability
How in: Smart contract bug
Target: not stated
Chains: not stated

Reported by

SlowMist Hacked ↗

Cite this page

SwanBluechip, "ETC hack, Sep 4, 2021: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf280e90cb4/ (data as of 2026-10-31).

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