Fact-check findings
What an automated fact-checker found when it re-read AutoShark Finance against the sources the page cites. Only the most recent review is shown.
These findings are produced by an automated reviewer, and its results vary between runs: the same page, checked three times on the same day, came back with 15%, 20% and 34% of its claims disputed, mostly because each run extracted a different number of claims. Treat what follows as leads, not rulings.
“Disputed” means the reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. It does not mean the claim is false. “Unverifiable” means no reachable source settled it either way.
Nothing here changes the page on its own. A proposed correction is applied only after a human moderator approves it; until then the page reads as it did when reviewed.
unverifiable
3 claimsNo source the reviewer could reach confirms or contradicts the claim.
- #1[unverifiable][awaiting moderator]in the summary
“AutoShark has been flagged by ZachXBT in the context of the wider BSC flash loan attack wave that targeted PancakeBunny forks.”
reviewerAutoShark has been flagged by ZachXBT in the wider BSC flash loan waveSearch found no source linking ZachXBT to AutoShark. The page's own section concedes no ZachXBT post about AutoShark was verified, so the summary wording overstates. - #4[unverifiable][awaiting moderator]in section: May 2021 Flash Loan Exploit (SHARK Token)
“AutoShark acknowledged the incident publicly and later admitted the team had previously written a blog post mocking PancakeBunny's vulnerability days before suffering the identical attack.”
reviewerAutoShark admitted it had earlier written a blog post mocking PancakeBunnyMedium blocked. Rekt makes no mention of a mocking post. - #7[unverifiable][awaiting moderator]in section: October 2021 Economic Attack on JAWS Vaults (~4,348 BNB)
“Total funds drained from the JAWS-BNB vault amounted to approximately 4,348.5 BNB.”
reviewerOctober 2021 attacks (1,388 BNB swap mining; 4,348.5 BNB JAWS) and March 2022 shutdown figuresMedium blocked. Not checked against an alternative source due to time limits.
link rot
1 claimA cited source no longer resolves or no longer says what the page attributes to it.
- #5[link rot][awaiting moderator]in the timeline
“https://binancechain.news/autoshark-bids-adieu-end-of-era-on-bnb-chain/2022/03/06/”
reviewerShutdown announced 4 March 2022; the cited Binance Chain News URL is deadbinancechain.news now serves a domain-for-sale page. The replacement bsc.news URL is cited elsewhere on the page but was not fetched by me.Proposed correction (not yet applied)https://www.bsc.news/post/autoshark-bids-adieu-end-of-era-on-bnb-chain
partially supported
2 claimsThe cited evidence supports part of the claim but not all of it.
- #2[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: May 2021 Flash Loan Exploit (SHARK Token)
“extracting an estimated 2,500 BNB (approximately $822,800) in net profit”
reviewerAttacker netted about 2,500 BNB (~$822,800) in May 2021Figures differ across sources (Rekt: ~2.2K BNB, ~$745k). The official post could not be fetched, so the page figure is unconfirmed. - #3[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: May 2021 Flash Loan Exploit (SHARK Token)
“Blockchain security firm PeckShield confirmed the vulnerability was a direct result of AutoShark forking PancakeBunny's code without fully implementing the TWAP oracle safeguard.”
reviewerPeckShield confirmed the vulnerability resulted from forking without full TWAP safeguardPeckShield reporting the attack is supported; attribution of the cause to missing TWAP is not confirmed.
confirmed
1 claimThe cited evidence supports the claim as written.
- #6[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
“Flash loan attack drains AutoShark SHARK token.”
reviewerSHARK exploit occurred 25 May 2021 as third PancakeBunny fork exploited in a weekDate, event and the 100M SHARK mint are corroborated by Rekt and CoinGape.