On October 2022, Carrot 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 Carrot Other Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to Carrot
The Carrot incident on October 10, 2022 is classified as a Other. A specific exploit class outside the most common buckets. In the full archive, Carrot is 1 of 188 documented other incidents.
Carrot in Context
The Carrot incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is MIMSpell (2024) at $65M.
Prior Other Before Carrot
The nearest other incident before Carrot was Xave Finance, 1 day earlier on October 9, 2022. The same exploit class surfaced again within the other attack surface.
Carrot Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the Carrot exploit specifically as “Public functionCall”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the Carrot contract failed, rather than the broad other pattern alone.
Impact & Recovery for Carrot
Carrot Loss Figure
The loss figure for Carrot 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 Carrot Incident
The Carrot exploit occurred 3.5 years ago (1,282 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for Carrot
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the Carrot incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did Carrot lose?
The Carrot 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 Carrot hack happen?
The Carrot exploit was recorded on October 10, 2022 — 1,282 days ago.
What type of exploit hit Carrot?
The Carrot incident is classified as a Other. A specific exploit class outside the most common buckets.
How common is the Other pattern seen at Carrot?
Our archive contains 188 documented other incidents. The Carrot incident is one of them.
How does Carrot compare to the largest Other attack?
The largest other incident in our archive is MIMSpell (2024) at $65M. The Carrot loss was not publicly disclosed.
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