Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Gala
Hack or exploit on May 20, 2024 · Infinite Mint
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$21.8M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#197
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Gala Games minter private key was compromised on May 20, 2024, allowing minting of 5B GALA tokens (~$200M). The unused and unrotated key was likely stolen; attacker sold ~$200M before returning $22M (~11% recovery).
Details
- Date
- May 20, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Infinite Mint
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
- Audit (rekt.news)
- Anchain, Certik
Related incidents
Gala Games 2023 · Hack or exploit · $4K
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.9M
Super Sushi Samurai 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.6M
Gain 2024 · Hack or exploit · $3M
Holograph 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.2M
OcelotDex 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.9M
Super Sushi Samurai 2024 · Hack or exploit · $4.6M
Gain 2024 · Hack or exploit · $3M
Holograph 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.2M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Gala hack, May 20, 2024: $21.8M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf949eb8004/ (data as of 2026-10-31).