Inside The Sandbox Bridge Hack: Attacker Minted Exactly 100 SAND Short of the Vault
The Sandbox disclosed a bridge exploit that resulted in approximately $1.5 million in economic damage, with the attacker netting nearly $987,000. The attack exploited a token contract capability on Base and BNB Smart Chain, allowing the attacker to mint unbacked SAND tokens. The Sandbox plans to compensate affected holders with a 1:1 SAND replacement from its treasury.
- Entities
- Game: The Sandbox
- Company: The Sandbox
- Platform: Ethereum
- Topic: Token Issuance
- Topic: Bridge Exploit
- Topic: Cryptocurrency
- Platform: Base
- Platform: BNB Smart Chain
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