On August 2025, PDZ suffered a price manipulation — 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 PDZ Price Manipulation Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to PDZ
The PDZ incident on August 15, 2025 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, PDZ is 1 of 85 documented price manipulation incidents.
PDZ in Context
The PDZ incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is CreamFinance (2021) at $130M.
Prior Price Manipulation Before PDZ
The nearest price manipulation incident before PDZ was YuliAI, 2 days earlier on August 13, 2025 ($78K lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the price manipulation attack surface.
Impact & Recovery for PDZ
PDZ Loss Figure
The loss figure for PDZ 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 PDZ Incident
The PDZ exploit occurred 8 months ago (242 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for PDZ
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the PDZ incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did PDZ lose?
The PDZ 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 PDZ hack happen?
The PDZ exploit was recorded on August 15, 2025 — 242 days ago.
What type of exploit hit PDZ?
The PDZ 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.
How common is the Price Manipulation pattern seen at PDZ?
Our archive contains 85 documented price manipulation incidents. The PDZ incident is one of them.
How does PDZ compare to the largest Price Manipulation attack?
The largest price manipulation incident in our archive is CreamFinance (2021) at $130M. The PDZ loss was not publicly disclosed.
How does the study assess model performance?
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