Startale exploit (2026-09-16) — attacker addresses
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Reported: 2026-10-15
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
Startale exploit on EVM, 2026-09-16. DeFiHackLabs summary: Startale - transient storage init flag outlives the constructor and lets anyone reinitialize an ERC7579 account and drain it. Loss as recorded by DeFiHackLabs: 427.551160 USDC drained in this batch tx (32.555561 USDC reproduced across 3 of 23 victim accounts; ~$2,876 USDC+USDT aggregate across 41 known batches). Addresses below are copied verbatim from the DeFiHackLabs proof-of-concept header for this incident, where they are explicitly labeled (attacker = attacker EOA; attack contract = contract deployed/used by the attacker): -…