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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"8be993d6-1435-4c2e-9d86-fe00f9f22a62","kind":"publish","page_slug":"hacken-token","published_at":"2026-05-29T17:31:46.201Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Hacken Token","sections":[{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hacken.io/about/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/hacken-bridge-exploited-for-250k-hai-token-following-private-key-leak/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/hacken","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hackenai/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/hacken-bridge-exploited-for-250k-hai-token-following-private-key-leak/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/06/21/hacken-bridge-hacked-900m-hai-minted-via-stolen-private-key/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.fxleaders.com/news/2025/06/23/cybersecurity-firm-hacken-suffers-98-token-crash-after-private-key-compromise/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://etherscan.io/token/0x05Fb86775Fd5c16290f1E838F5caaa7342bD9a63","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://bscscan.com/token/0xaa9e582e5751d703f85912903bacaddfed26484c","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/250k-vanishes-in-seconds-hacken-token-crashes-99-after-shocking-minting-exploit","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.theblock.co/post/359097/hacken-cites-human-error-after-private-key-leak-triggers-5-million-crash-in-hai-value","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://web.ourcryptotalk.com/news/hai-token-crash-how-hacken-a-web3-security-firm-got-hacked","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hacken.io/insights/2024-security-report/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://transnetinc.com/hacken-token-hai-airdrop-official-status-security-breach-details-scam-warning","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hacken.io/insights/2024-security-report/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/hacken-token-plunge-99-after-private-key-hack-what-next-for-hai","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.hokanews.com/2025/06/hacken-hacked-cybersecurity-giants-250k.html","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hackenclub.medium.com/hai-infrastructure-update-861161892330","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://x.com/hackenclub/status/1937577045627929011","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hai.hacken.io/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/hacken-bridge-exploited-for-250k-hai-token-following-private-key-leak/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.theblock.co/post/359097/hacken-cites-human-error-after-private-key-leak-triggers-5-million-crash-in-hai-value","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://hacken.io/insights/2024-security-report/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.fxleaders.com/news/2025/06/23/cybersecurity-firm-hacken-suffers-98-token-crash-after-private-key-compromise/","type":"other","url":""}]}],"sources_used":[],"summary":"Hacken Token (HAI) is the native utility token of Hacken, a Ukrainian-founded Web3 cybersecurity company established in 2017 that audits smart contracts and blockchain infrastructure for over 1,500 clients worldwide. In June 2025, a private key controlling HAI minting privileges was compromised during a bridge infrastructure migration, allowing an attacker to mint approximately 900 million tokens and dump roughly $253,000 worth on decentralized exchanges, causing a near-99% price collapse. The incident drew industry-wide attention due to its irony — a company whose business model is built on securing others' blockchain infrastructure had maintained a single-key minting architecture for over five years without multisig protection.","timeline":[{"date":"2017-01-01","event":"Hacken founded in Ukraine by Dyma Budorin and Yevheniia Broshevan as a blockchain cybersecurity firm.","source":""},{"date":"2024-03-24","event":"HAI token reaches all-time high of approximately $0.4659.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-20","event":"Private key associated with HAI minting role on Ethereum and BNB Chain compromised during bridge infrastructure migration.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-21","event":"Attacker mints approximately 900 million HAI tokens and dumps them on BSC DEXs, realizing approximately $253,000 in proceeds. HAI price collapses 98-99% from $0.015 to $0.000056.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-21","event":"Hacken revokes minter access on compromised key and pauses bridge transactions on Ethereum and BNB Chain.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-23","event":"CEO Dyma Budorin issues public statement accepting responsibility, acknowledging five-year deferral of multisig implementation. The Block, CoinTelegraph, and crypto.news publish coverage.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-24","event":"Hacken publishes infrastructure update announcing LayerZero OFT migration and pre-incident snapshot taken at BSC block 51800329 and ETH block 22747526.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-24","event":"ZachXBT flags the Hacken Token incident, contributing to elevated risk classification on AVOID.NET.","source":""},{"date":"2025-07-07","event":"Target date for hAI App release enabling 1:1 token claims via Merkle proof under new LayerZero OFT contract.","source":""},{"date":"2025-07-11","event":"Target date for liquidity pool reinitialization on new HAI contract across Ethereum, BSC, and Base.","source":""}]},"v":1}