On September 2022, NXUSD suffered a oracle manipulation — the first of 19 documented oracle manipulation incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.
Attack Mechanics: How the NXUSD Oracle Manipulation Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to NXUSD
The NXUSD incident on September 6, 2022 is classified as a Oracle Manipulation. The attacker skews the price feed the protocol trusts — often via a thin DEX pool — forcing the contract to misprice collateral. In the full archive, NXUSD is 1 of 19 documented oracle manipulation incidents.
NXUSD in Context
The NXUSD incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is – BonqDAO (2023) at $88M.
Prior Oracle Manipulation Before NXUSD
The nearest oracle manipulation incident before NXUSD was InverseFinance, 82 days earlier on June 16, 2022. The same exploit class surfaced again within the oracle manipulation attack surface.
NXUSD Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the NXUSD exploit specifically as “flashloan price oracle manipulation”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the NXUSD contract failed, rather than the broad oracle manipulation pattern alone.
Impact & Recovery for NXUSD
NXUSD Loss Figure
The loss figure for NXUSD 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 19 oracle manipulation incidents in our archive is $9.69M.
Timeline Since the NXUSD Incident
The NXUSD exploit occurred 3.6 years ago (1,316 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for NXUSD
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the NXUSD incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did NXUSD lose?
The NXUSD 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 NXUSD hack happen?
The NXUSD exploit was recorded on September 6, 2022 — 1,316 days ago.
What type of exploit hit NXUSD?
The NXUSD incident is classified as a Oracle Manipulation. The attacker skews the price feed the protocol trusts — often via a thin DEX pool — forcing the contract to misprice collateral.
How common is the Oracle Manipulation pattern seen at NXUSD?
Our archive contains 19 documented oracle manipulation incidents. The NXUSD incident is one of them.
How does NXUSD compare to the largest Oracle Manipulation attack?
The largest oracle manipulation incident in our archive is – BonqDAO (2023) at $88M. The NXUSD loss was not publicly disclosed.
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