How much was lost in the Lets Go Farming Token hack?

The Lets Go Farming Token hack resulted in $37K in losses on October 04, 2022.

What attack technique was used in the Lets Go Farming Token exploit?

The Lets Go Farming Token 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.

Lets Go Farming Token Hack

TOTAL LOST $37K

Low Oct 04, 2022 Rugpull

Affected Chain 2022 Incident surface

Recovered - No recovery reported

All-Time Rank #1784 By amount stolen

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

Quick Summary

Lets Go Farming (LGF) project was rugpulled by deployer, removing liquidity worth 37,265 USD from UniSwap pool in an exit scam.

Details of the Exploit

LGF is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On Oct 4, 2022, the token deployer executed an exit scam by removing liquidity from the UniSwap pool in three separate transactions. The attacker removed a total of 29.32 ETH, equivalent to approximately 37,265 USD at the time of the incident.

Block Data Reference

Deployer Address:

https://etherscan.io/address/0x676E7101…1943cD

Liquidity Removal Transactions:

1. https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd2531214…a2285f

2. https://etherscan.io/tx/0xafe7831d…15268b

3. https://etherscan.io/tx/0x02416cd4…390cd3

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Lets Go Farming Token

Date of Incident October 04, 2022

Attack Technique Rugpull

Classification Token

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull

Affected Token LGF

Team Anonymous

Source Code Verified On-Chain

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 Lets Go Farming Token'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 Lets Go Farming Token, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (October 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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