On January 2024, Freedom suffered a access control on BNB Chain — the first of 77 documented access control incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.
Attack Mechanics: How the Freedom Access Control Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to Freedom
The Freedom incident on January 10, 2024 is classified as a Access Control. A privileged function lacks a proper authorisation check, letting an unauthorised caller execute it. In the full archive, Freedom is 1 of 77 documented access control incidents.
Freedom in Context
The Freedom incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is Corkprotocol (2025) at $12M.
Prior Access Control Before Freedom
The nearest access control incident before Freedom was MEVBot_0xa247, 59 days earlier on November 12, 2023 ($150K lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the access control attack surface.
Freedom Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the Freedom exploit specifically as “lack of access control”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the Freedom contract failed, rather than the broad access control pattern alone.
Target Chain: BNB Chain
The vulnerable Freedom contract was deployed on BNB Chain — one of 23 documented incidents on BNB Chain. This determines the block cadence, mempool, and forensic tooling available to investigators.
Impact & Recovery for Freedom
Freedom Loss Figure
The loss figure for Freedom is not publicly disclosed. The primary source reports the exploit in non-USD terms, so no USD estimate is published here. For reference, the average loss across 77 access control incidents in our archive is $636K.
Timeline Since the Freedom Incident
The Freedom exploit occurred 2.3 years ago (825 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for Freedom
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the Freedom incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did Freedom lose?
The Freedom loss figure is not publicly disclosed. The primary source reports the exploit in non-USD token terms, so no USD estimate is published here.
When did the Freedom hack happen?
The Freedom exploit was recorded on January 10, 2024 — 825 days ago.
What type of exploit hit Freedom?
The Freedom incident is classified as a Access Control. A privileged function lacks a proper authorisation check, letting an unauthorised caller execute it.
Which blockchain was Freedom deployed on?
The Freedom contract was deployed on BNB Chain, one of 23 documented incidents on that chain.
How does Freedom compare to the largest Access Control attack?
The largest access control incident in our archive is Corkprotocol (2025) at $12M. The Freedom loss was not publicly disclosed.
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