How much was lost in the Sport Move hack?

The Sport Move hack resulted in $160K in losses on May 27, 2022.

What attack technique was used in the Sport Move exploit?

The Sport Move 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.

Sport Move Hack

TOTAL LOST $160K

Low May 27, 2022 Rugpull

Affected Chain 2022 Incident surface

Recovered - No recovery reported

All-Time Rank #1379 By amount stolen

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull Target category

Incident Overview

Sport Move confirmed that it was running away, and $SPORT fell by more than 61%. The project froze and deleted its social accounts about 10 hours after launch. In total, 507 BNB was laundered through Tornado Cache

Token contract: https://bscscan.com/address/0x25443319…AFd300

Marketing pool : https://bscscan.com/address/0x2f422C25aA425ECE9f0e0E85baA149d586517bd

From marketing pool address were totally transferred 507 BNB:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x7b31b900…52cb63

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x2cee84aa…6055b8

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xbd0d9408…01bd2c

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xa8dd9031…5c3269

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x91e9ef13…c90d00

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x17ea545e…62dbaa

Then tokens were laundered via Tornado Cache:

https://bscscan.com/address/0xf4e796BB…18cae1

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xc8701ebb…4289c5 -> 100BNB

https://bscscan.com/address/0xeC70A137…e6B867

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xcb2909c9…2b5dcf -> 100BNB

https://bscscan.com/address/0x3d0bC563…BF0c15

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x533c6151…4f88b2 -> 100BNB

https://bscscan.com/address/0x9B64930e…4C40bF

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xd97ee4af…cf7476 -> 100BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xc49bc29c…0f436b -> 100BNB

https://bscscan.com/address/0xFD679488…eC5DfA

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xb3a30166…a45d08 -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0xdae7a2bb…d71dd5 -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x87cec42b…678ada -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x35b7e293…9aae89 -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x9bd8dafe…3570c8 -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x173db020…c79af2 -> 1BNB

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x434fd339…9a76d4 -> 1BNB

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Sport Move

Date of Incident May 27, 2022

Attack Technique Rugpull

Classification Token

Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull

Affected Token SPORT

Protocol Twitter/X @sportmove_

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 Sport Move'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 Sport Move, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (May 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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Sources & References

01
Source 1 https://twitter.com/sportmove_
02
Web Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20220519184859/https://www.sportmove.app/

Threat Assessment

Severity Level

LOW

Attack Vector Rugpull
Root Cause Token
Year 2022

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