Cryptocurrency [loss] $6M+

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2022-06-16 [vendor] Inverse Finance [chain] ethereum
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

  1. 2022-06-16 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-06-16 Publicly disclosed