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The Balancer Protocol June 28, 2020 unclassified exploit incident, on-chain breakdown

On June 2020, Balancer Protocol suffered a other — the first of 188 documented other incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.

Attack Mechanics: How the Balancer Protocol Other Played Out

Exploit Class Applied to Balancer Protocol

The Balancer Protocol incident on June 28, 2020 is classified as a Other. A specific exploit class outside the most common buckets. In the full archive, Balancer Protocol is 1 of 188 documented other incidents.

Balancer Protocol in Context

The Balancer Protocol incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is MIMSpell (2024) at $65M.

Prior Other Before Balancer Protocol

The nearest other incident before Balancer Protocol was Parity, 965 days earlier on November 6, 2017 ($514K lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the other attack surface.

Balancer Protocol Vulnerability Signature

The primary source categorises the Balancer Protocol exploit specifically as “Token Incompatible”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the Balancer Protocol contract failed, rather than the broad other pattern alone.

Impact & Recovery for Balancer Protocol

Balancer Protocol Loss Figure

The loss figure for Balancer Protocol 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 188 other incidents in our archive is $2.03M.

Timeline Since the Balancer Protocol Incident

The Balancer Protocol exploit occurred 5.8 years ago (2,116 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.

Primary Reference for Balancer Protocol

Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the Balancer Protocol incident: view source.

FAQ

How much did Balancer Protocol lose?

The Balancer Protocol 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 Balancer Protocol hack happen?

The Balancer Protocol exploit was recorded on June 28, 2020 — 2,116 days ago.

What type of exploit hit Balancer Protocol?

The Balancer Protocol incident is classified as a Other. A specific exploit class outside the most common buckets.

How common is the Other pattern seen at Balancer Protocol?

Our archive contains 188 documented other incidents. The Balancer Protocol incident is one of them.

How does Balancer Protocol compare to the largest Other attack?

The largest other incident in our archive is MIMSpell (2024) at $65M. The Balancer Protocol loss was not publicly disclosed.

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