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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"98d3b494-f217-4f27-88e2-17bf945cc6ea","kind":"publish","page_slug":"kiloex","published_at":"2026-05-28T01:44:37.065Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"KiloEx","sections":[{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coinex.com/en/academy/detail/2363-what-is-kiloex-kilo-revolutionizing-perpetual-dex-trading-on-bnb-chain","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://bsc.news/post/what-is-kiloex-kilo-token-analysis","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/kiloex/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.halborn.com/blog/post/explained-the-kiloex-hack-april-2025","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://slowmist.medium.com/slowmist-assists-kiloex-in-recovering-all-stolen-funds-incident-recap-273d10f6d466","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/15/dex-kiloex-loses-usd7m-in-apparent-oracle-manipulation-attack","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/kiloex-perpetual-dex-loses-7-4m-in-price-oracle-exploit/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://nulltx.com/7-million-exploit-hits-kiloex-flawed-access-control-allows-price-manipulation-across-multiple-chains/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/kiloex-exploiter-returns-5-5-m-7-5-m-dex-exploit","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://slowmist.medium.com/slowmist-assists-kiloex-in-recovering-all-stolen-funds-incident-recap-273d10f6d466","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/18/kiloexs-sophisticated-hack-shows-defi-risks-but-this-time-recovery-was-swift","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coinspeaker.com/kiloex-hack-binance-helped-recover-6-1-million-in-lost-funds/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/04/18/kiloex-hacker-returns-stolen-funds-just-days-after-hack/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://crypto.news/kiloex-reveals-7m-smart-contract-exploit-in-post-mortem-report/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/kiloex-to-go-through-complete-audit-before-relaunch/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/04/24/kiloex-to-compensate-users-impacted-by-usd7m-attack","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://beincrypto.com/kilo-drops-5-despite-kiloex-comeback-and-compensation-plans/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/crypto/kiloex-resumes-crucial-operations-after-7m-crypto-hack/","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/kiloex/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kiloex","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://icodrops.com/kiloex/","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptorank.io/ico/kiloex","type":"other","url":""}]},{"content":"","heading":"","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/18/kiloexs-sophisticated-hack-shows-defi-risks-but-this-time-recovery-was-swift","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=kiloex-exploit","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://www.halborn.com/blog/post/explained-the-kiloex-hack-april-2025","type":"other","url":""},{"credibility":3,"name":"https://cryptogiggle.com/crypto-news-latest-cryptocurrency-news/the-costliest-month-for-crypto-losses-since-the-bybit-hack-is-april/","type":"other","url":""}]}],"sources_used":[],"summary":"KiloEx is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange (DEX) backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), deployed across opBNB, Base, BNB Chain, Taiko, and other networks. In April 2025, the platform suffered a $7.5–8.44 million oracle price manipulation exploit caused by an access control vulnerability in its TrustedForwarder contract; the attacker subsequently returned all stolen funds within 3.5 days after accepting a $750,000 white-hat bounty. The platform relaunched on April 24, 2025 after a partial security audit, with a full comprehensive audit still pending at that time.","timeline":[{"date":"2023-04-01","event":"KiloEx launches as the first perpetual DEX on opBNB, backed by Binance Labs (later YZi Labs)","source":""},{"date":"2023-08-01","event":"YZi Labs (then Binance Labs) makes strategic investment in KiloEx; Foresight Ventures invests in March 2024","source":""},{"date":"2025-03-27","event":"KILO token launches via TGE on Binance Wallet and PancakeSwap; hits ATH of approximately $0.17","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-13","event":"Attacker withdraws 1 ETH from Tornado Cash at 23:31 UTC to fund exploit preparation","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-14","event":"Attack contracts deployed on opBNB, Base, BSC, Taiko, B2, and Manta between 18:27–19:40 UTC; exploit executed across all chains draining approximately $7.5–8.44 million","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-15","event":"KiloEx suspends all platform operations; Cyvers publicly flags the exploit; KiloEx engages SlowMist, Seal-911, and Sherlock for investigation","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-15","event":"KiloEx offers $750,000 white-hat bounty (10% of stolen funds) in exchange for return of 90% and promise of no legal action","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-18","event":"Attacker returns all stolen funds to KiloEx multisig wallets within 3.5 days of the exploit","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-21","event":"KiloEx publishes post-mortem security report detailing TrustedForwarder access control vulnerability as root cause","source":""},{"date":"2025-04-24","event":"KiloEx resumes trading and deposits across all chains at 12:00 UTC after permissions-focused security audit; announces user compensation plan","source":""},{"date":"2025-09-01","event":"KiloEx burns 8.6 million unclaimed airdrop KILO tokens","source":""}]},"v":1}