On March 2025, Pump was exploited in a slippage abuse, resulting in approximately $6.4K in losses. That makes the Pump exploit the 404th largest DeFi incident out of 690 documented in our archive.
Attack Mechanics: How the Pump Slippage Abuse Played Out
Exploit Class Applied to Pump
The Pump incident on March 4, 2025 is classified as a Slippage Abuse. Unprotected swap routes let the attacker extract value through sandwich trades or price drift. In the full archive, Pump is 1 of 13 documented slippage abuse incidents.
Pump in Context
At $6.4K, the Pump exploit is a minor (<$1M) event compared to the largest same-class incident in our archive — DCFToken (2025) at $442K.
Prior Slippage Abuse Before Pump
The nearest slippage abuse incident before Pump was EHX, 475 days earlier on November 15, 2023. The same exploit class surfaced again within the slippage abuse attack surface.
Pump Vulnerability Signature
The primary source categorises the Pump exploit specifically as “Not Slippage Protection”. This narrower label is entity-specific: it reflects how the Pump contract failed, rather than the broad slippage abuse pattern alone.
Impact & Recovery for Pump
Pump Loss Figure
The Pump exploit caused $6,400 in losses — a minor (<$1M) incident and the 75th largest of 96 documented in 2025.
Where Pump Sits Among Slippage Abuse Attacks
Ranked by loss size, Pump is the 7th largest of 13 slippage abuse incidents documented. That puts the Pump loss below the class average of $119.9K.
Timeline Since the Pump Incident
The Pump exploit occurred 1.1 years ago (406 days). The contract, its fork-block, and the attack transaction remain on-chain and forensically reproducible.
Primary Reference for Pump
Public post-mortem / on-chain analysis for the Pump incident: view source.
FAQ
How much did Pump lose?
The Pump exploit in March 2025 resulted in $6,400 in losses — the 75th largest of 96 DeFi incidents that year.
When did the Pump hack happen?
The Pump exploit was recorded on March 4, 2025 — 406 days ago.
What type of exploit hit Pump?
The Pump 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 Pump?
Our archive contains 13 documented slippage abuse incidents. The Pump incident is one of them.
How does Pump compare to the largest Slippage Abuse attack?
The largest slippage abuse incident in our archive is DCFToken (2025) at $442K. The Pump loss is $6.4K.
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