On April 2022, Wiener DOGE suffered a flash loan attack — the first of 27 documented flash loan attack incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.
Attack Mechanics: How the Wiener DOGE Flash Loan Attack Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to Wiener DOGE
The Wiener DOGE incident on April 24, 2022 is classified as a Flash Loan Attack. Attackers borrow huge amounts via uncollateralised single-transaction loans and manipulate protocol state before repaying in the same block. In the full archive, Wiener DOGE is 1 of 27 documented flash loan attack incidents.
Wiener DOGE in Context
The Wiener DOGE incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is PolterFinance (2024) at $7M.
Prior Flash Loan Attack Before Wiener DOGE
The nearest flash loan attack incident before Wiener DOGE was BeanstalkFarms, 8 days earlier on April 16, 2022 ($182 lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the flash loan attack attack surface.
Wiener DOGE Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the Wiener DOGE exploit specifically as “Flashloan”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the Wiener DOGE contract failed, rather than the broad flash loan attack pattern alone.
Impact & Recovery for Wiener DOGE
Wiener DOGE Loss Figure
The loss figure for Wiener DOGE 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 27 flash loan attack incidents in our archive is $577.3K.
Timeline Since the Wiener DOGE Incident
The Wiener DOGE exploit occurred 4 years ago (1,451 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for Wiener DOGE
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the Wiener DOGE incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did Wiener DOGE lose?
The Wiener DOGE 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 Wiener DOGE hack happen?
The Wiener DOGE exploit was recorded on April 24, 2022 — 1,451 days ago.
What type of exploit hit Wiener DOGE?
The Wiener DOGE incident is classified as a Flash Loan Attack. Attackers borrow huge amounts via uncollateralised single-transaction loans and manipulate protocol state before repaying in the same block.
How common is the Flash Loan Attack pattern seen at Wiener DOGE?
Our archive contains 27 documented flash loan attack incidents. The Wiener DOGE incident is one of them.
How does Wiener DOGE compare to the largest Flash Loan Attack attack?
The largest flash loan attack incident in our archive is PolterFinance (2024) at $7M. The Wiener DOGE loss was not publicly disclosed.
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