Audit log

Every state-changing event for SurgeBNB: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-28 17:49:59Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
   anchoranchored

   chain

   ●mainnet-betaslot 422,768,951

   sig

   372Dj4Q9kL6C…cVLZAyngcopyexplorer ↗

   hash

   6EsabKDFPcnr…XrzX7zy7copysha256 → base58

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On August 16–17, 2021, an attacker exploited a reentrancy vulnerability in the contract's sell() function via a flash loan, draining approximately 13,111 BNB (~$5 million USD) from the protocol. The project had publicly claimed to be 'rug-proof' prior to the exploit; post-hack, the team launched a 'SurgeFund' compensation scheme, though the extent and completion of repayment to victims remains unclear.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-07-30","event":"Developer 'SafemoonMark' (DefiMark) publicly touts SurgeBNB as safe from rug pulls via Twitter.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-16","event":"XSurge team publicly warns community of an unpatched vulnerability in the SurgeBNB contract and urges users to migrate funds immediately.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-16","event":"SurgeBNB contract is exploited via a flash loan reentrancy attack; over 13,111 BNB (~$5 million USD) drained from the protocol.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-17","event":"Official XSurge Twitter account (@XSURGEDEFI) confirms the hack and posts attacker wallet details.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-17","event":"BEOSIN publishes full technical post-mortem identifying the reentrancy vulnerability in the sell() function.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-17","event":"Knownsec Blockchain Lab publishes independent flash loan attack analysis corroborating BEOSIN findings.","source":""},{"date":"2021-08-17","event":"DefiMark hosts Discord AMA livestream to address community concerns about the SurgeBNB hack.","source":""},{"date":"2021-09-01","event":"XSurge launches SurgeFund compensation mechanism; SurgeFund Repayment (SFR) token issued to track victim claims.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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