On December 2023, BCT suffered a price manipulation on BNB Chain — the first of 85 documented price manipulation incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.
Attack Mechanics: How the BCT Price Manipulation Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to BCT
The BCT incident on December 9, 2023 is classified as a Price Manipulation. The attacker drives the on-chain price of a token up or down within a single transaction to extract value from the protocol. In the full archive, BCT is 1 of 85 documented price manipulation incidents.
BCT in Context
The BCT incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is CreamFinance (2021) at $130M.
Prior Price Manipulation Before BCT
The nearest price manipulation incident before BCT was ElephantStatus, 3 days earlier on December 6, 2023 ($165K lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the price manipulation attack surface.
Target Chain: BNB Chain
The vulnerable BCT 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 BCT
BCT Loss Figure
The loss figure for BCT 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 85 price manipulation incidents in our archive is $3.9M.
Timeline Since the BCT Incident
The BCT exploit occurred 2.3 years ago (857 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for BCT
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the BCT incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did BCT lose?
The BCT 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 BCT hack happen?
The BCT exploit was recorded on December 9, 2023 — 857 days ago.
What type of exploit hit BCT?
The BCT incident is classified as a Price Manipulation. The attacker drives the on-chain price of a token up or down within a single transaction to extract value from the protocol.
Which blockchain was BCT deployed on?
The BCT contract was deployed on BNB Chain, one of 23 documented incidents on that chain.
How does BCT compare to the largest Price Manipulation attack?
The largest price manipulation incident in our archive is CreamFinance (2021) at $130M. The BCT loss was not publicly disclosed.
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