On November 2023, grok suffered a slippage abuse — the first of 13 documented slippage abuse incidents in our archive where the loss figure was not publicly disclosed but the exploit pattern is documented below.
Attack Mechanics: How the grok Slippage Abuse Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to grok
The grok incident on November 10, 2023 is classified as a Slippage Abuse. Unprotected swap routes let the attacker extract value through sandwich trades or price drift. In the full archive, grok is 1 of 13 documented slippage abuse incidents.
grok in Context
The grok incident joins a class whose largest loss to date is DCFToken (2025) at $442K.
Prior Slippage Abuse Before grok
The nearest slippage abuse incident before grok was TheStandard_io, 4 days earlier on November 6, 2023 ($290K lost). The same exploit class surfaced again within the slippage abuse attack surface.
grok Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the grok exploit specifically as “Lack of slippage protection”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the grok contract failed, rather than the broad slippage abuse pattern alone.
Impact & Recovery for grok
grok Loss Figure
The loss figure for grok 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 13 slippage abuse incidents in our archive is $119.9K.
Timeline Since the grok Incident
The grok exploit occurred 2.4 years ago (886 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for grok
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the grok incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did grok lose?
The grok 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 grok hack happen?
The grok exploit was recorded on November 10, 2023 — 886 days ago.
What type of exploit hit grok?
The grok incident is classified as a Slippage Abuse. Unprotected swap routes let the attacker extract value through sandwich trades or price drift.
How common is the Slippage Abuse pattern seen at grok?
Our archive contains 13 documented slippage abuse incidents. The grok incident is one of them.
How does grok compare to the largest Slippage Abuse attack?
The largest slippage abuse incident in our archive is DCFToken (2025) at $442K. The grok loss was not publicly disclosed.
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