Cryptocurrency
[loss] $6M+
Tweet thread by PeckShield Inc.
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$5.8M
(5,800,000 USD)
Blockchain(s)
Ethereum
Incident Details
A hacker was able to perform an oracle manipulation attack enabled by flash loans to siphon crypto worth around $1.26 million from Inverse Finance. The loss to the protocol was higher, at around $5.8 million. The attacker has already moved most of the stolen funds to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency tumbler.Inverse Finance is a borrowing and lending protocol that was hit with a different oracle manipulation attack in early April, which resulted in a $15.6 million loss.
Total loss estimated at $5,800,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Flash loan attack on smart contract
- Vendor / Product
- Inverse Finance
Timeline
- 2022-06-16 Breach occurred
- 2022-06-16 Publicly disclosed