Security incident · 2020-03-12
MakerDAO
According to the public DefiLlama incident dataset, MakerDAO (Ethereum) suffered a security incident on 2020-03-12, with about $8.3M reported lost.
| Date | 2020-03-12 |
|---|---|
| Reported loss | $8.3M |
| Chain | Ethereum |
| Target type | DeFi Protocol |
| Technique class | Oracle Manipulation |
| Technique | Stale Oracle Price |
| Bridge incident | No |
| Within 2020 | #10 by loss that year, 0.2% of all reported losses that year |
How this kind of attack works
The price feed the protocol relied on was pushed off for a short time, and the attacker borrowed or swapped at the distorted price.
Would a pre-payment check have helped
Oracle manipulation is a price-feed design problem.
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