SWEAT Economy Recovers 100% of Stolen Funds After Smart Contract Exploit

馃攼 The Heist That Failed

By Sweat Economy
May 14, 2026, 2:50 PM
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Full Recovery Achieved

SWEAT Economy has successfully recovered all stolen $SWEAT tokens following a smart contract exploit that drained the top 100 holder accounts.​ The treasury has been fully restored with support from exchange MEXC.​

What Happened

  • Attacker exploited a bug in the $SWEAT token contract
  • Deployed a drain contract targeting major holders
  • Attempted to liquidate stolen tokens through MEXC and Rhea Finance

Response Actions

  • Token contract immediately paused
  • MEXC froze attacker's account
  • Patched contract deployed
  • All user funds returned to rightful owners

Current Status

Operations have returned to normal for both $SWEAT token and Sweat Wallet.​ The team is now working with law enforcement and conducting forensic analysis to produce a detailed post-mortem report.​

The incident demonstrates the importance of rapid response coordination between projects and exchanges in protecting user assets.​

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All remaining $SWEAT has been returned. Special thanks to @MEXC for their support in recovering 100% of the funds 馃敟 The Treasury is fully restored 馃敀

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We are pleased to confirm that ALL external account balances have been fully restored and operations are back to normal. We deeply appreciate the support and advice from the community that helped us to resolve this quickly. Special thanks goes to @MEXC for prompt freezing of

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