Shell MEV 0xa898 exploit (2024-01-15) — attacker addresses

• Scam type: Hack
• Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
• Reported: 2026-10-15
• Last updated: 2026-10-16

Shell MEV 0xa898 exploit on BNB Chain, 2024-01-15. DeFiHackLabs summary: Shell_MEV_0xa898 - lack of access control. Loss as recorded by DeFiHackLabs: ~1000 $BUSD. 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): - 0x835b45d38cbdccf99e609436ff38e31ac05bc502 — labeled "attacker" (BNB Chain; https://bscscan.com/address/0x835b45d38cbdccf99e609436ff38e31ac05bc502) - 0xd66a43d0a3e853b98d14268e240cf973e3fa986e — labeled "attack…

Other addresses in this report: 0x835b45d38cbdccf99e609436ff38e31ac05bc502, 0xd66a43d0a3e853b98d14268e240cf973e3fa986e