0G Labs Hack

TOTAL LOST $516K
Low emergencyWithdraw Function Exploit 0g

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Affected Chain 0g Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #994 By amount stolen
Year 2025 Incident year

Incident Overview

IMGN Labs (IMGN) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2025and operates on the Base platform. IMGN Labs has a current supply of 1,000,000,000 with 850,521,771 in circulation. The last known price of IMGN Labs is 0.00078289 USD and is up 2.70 over the last 24 hours.

It is currently trading on 7 active market(s) with $72,680.18 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://imgn.org.

Incident Report

Protocol / Project 0G Labs
Date of Incident
Affected Chain(s) 0g
Attack Technique emergencyWithdraw Function Exploit
Classification Protocol Logic
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Smart Contract Language Solidity
Official Website imgn.org
Protocol Twitter/X @imgn_ai

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories
AI & Big Data Base Ecosystem AI Applications

What the Attacker Needed to Succeed

Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.

Technical Knowledge Deep understanding of emergencywithdraw function exploit and Solidity and EVM internals
Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup
On-Chain Access Ability to interact with 0g smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in 0G Labs's contract logic - root cause: protocol logic
Execution Speed Precise transaction ordering and timing to exploit the vulnerability within a single atomic block
Obfuscation Plan A strategy to launder and move stolen funds - typically through mixers, cross-chain bridges, or decentralized DEX swaps to resist tracing

What Auditors Should Check

Could this have been caught in audit? Likely — with a thorough emergencyWithdraw Function Exploit audit checklist and test coverage

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to 0G Labs, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (December 2025).

  • Verify all logic paths related to emergencyWithdraw Function Exploit are guarded by proper access controls and input validation
  • Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs

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