PiggyCell hack: around 20 million tokens minted and sold without authorisation
On 5 December 2025, PiggyCell, a blockchain project of Chungjeon Dwaeji, was hacked. The attacker used an exposed private key to abuse the smart contract's minting function, minting and selling around 20 million tokens without authorisation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Chungjeon Dwaeji
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-12-05
- Scale of damage
- Around 20 million tokens minted and sold without authorisation
- Cause / method
- Abuse of the smart contract's minting function using an exposed private key
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- The attacker abused an exposed private key to mint and sell around 20 million PiggyCell tokens without authorisation.
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