# Perfect Pie’s First Security Incident

> How We Caught and Stopped a 1.46M $PIE Exploit

**Published by:** [Perfect Pie](https://paragraph.com/@perfect-pie/)
**Published on:** 2025-08-20
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@perfect-pie/perfect-pies-first-security-incident

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The Discovery (August 18, 2025) During routine analysis of our 10-day growth metrics, we noticed something odd. Two users — let’s call them User X and User Y — had impossibly high claim-to-game ratios. While legitimate players claim rewards once per game, these accounts were claiming 4–10x more rewards than games played. The Investigation Deep diving into the data revealed: 10 exploiter accounts systematically abusing the claim system 603 fraudulent claims attempting to steal 1,461,715 $PIE tokens The exploit peaked on August 18 with one user attempting to claim 1.2M $PIE in a single day Exploiters represented only 1.3% of players but attempted to steal 81.7% of all rewards The Response Within hours of discovery, we: Deployed a fix to prevent multiple claims per game Created a forensic backup of all suspicious transactions Marked 603 fraudulent claims as “failed” before payout Successfully blocked 1,461,715 $PIE from being distributed fraudulently The Outcome 92.6% of attempted theft prevented — only 104k $PIE was paid out before detection Zero new exploitation attempts since fix deployment 772 honest players’ rewards preserved Full audit trail maintained for transparency And most importantly — nothing of real-world value was lost, as $PIE currently has no external monetary value. Lessons Learned This incident, while stressful, proved our system’s resilience. Our safeguards caught the vast majority of fraudulent activity before tokens were distributed. We’ve since implemented additional validation layers and real-time anomaly detection. We also want to thank User X, User Y, and the other testers who (intentionally or not) helped us uncover this exploit early. They’ve contributed to making Perfect Pie stronger and more secure. When $PIE does gain value in the future, we’ll make sure our current community is made whole by allowing players to claim new tokens based on their existing scores. This way, no one loses the progress they’ve earned. Most importantly: Perfect Pie’s economy remains strong, with 326,669 $PIE legitimately distributed to real players who earned it by drawing perfect circles. The game continues stronger than ever — try your hand at drawing the perfect circle at perfectpie.xyz 🎉

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