How much was lost in the BabyElon hack?

The BabyElon hack resulted in $53K in losses on June 08, 2022.

What attack technique was used in the BabyElon exploit?

The BabyElon exploit utilized Rugpull. Understanding this attack vector is critical for smart contract auditors and developers building secure DeFi protocols.

How can developers prevent similar smart contract attacks?

Preventing smart contract hacks requires a combination of secure coding practices, thorough security audits, and understanding common attack vectors like reentrancy, oracle manipulation, and access control flaws. Smart Contract Hacking (SCH) provides hands-on training to help developers and auditors identify and prevent vulnerabilities before deployment.

BabyElon Hack

TOTAL LOST $53K

Low Jun 08, 2022 Rugpull

Affected Chain 2022 Incident surface

Recovered - No recovery reported

All-Time Rank #1707 By amount stolen

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

BabyElon token has been rugged by contract creator for 183.35BNB(~$52,852). Then all tokens were laundered via Tornado Cash.

Token address: https://bscscan.com/address/0x292e89d5…140b43

Contract creator: https://bscscan.com/address/0x999fae84…32a7c1

Attacker created LP pair between 100M BabyElon and 10BNB: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x1d07387a…6acc80.

Then he/she increased the LP pool by adding 290BNB and 2.9B BabyElon thereby artificially provoke a sharp rise in prices: https://bscscan.com/tx/0xfac7fa93…2bc03e

After part of BabyElon was bought, attacker removed LP having received 484.35BNB of which the profit was 183.35BNB: https://bscscan.com/tx/0xa3974709…d4feff

Then tokens were transferred to https://bscscan.com/tx/0xd25a56ea…9fb821

All tokens were laundered via TornadoCache.

Incident Report

Protocol / Project BabyElon

Date of Incident June 08, 2022

Attack Technique Rugpull

Classification Token

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull

Affected Token BabyElon

Official Website babyelon.net/

Protocol Twitter/X @BabyElon_BSC

Team Anonymous

Source Code Verified On-Chain

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories

Memes BNB Chain Ecosystem

Protocol Links

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 rugpull and Solidity and EVM internals

Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup

On-Chain Access Ability to interact with smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract

Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in BabyElon's contract logic - root cause: token

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? Hard to catch — private key / OpSec failures are outside smart contract audit scope

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to BabyElon, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (June 2022).

Verify all logic paths related to Rugpull 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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Threat Assessment

Severity Level

LOW

Attack Vector Rugpull
Root Cause Token
Year 2022

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