Cryptocurrency [loss] $3M+

"Babylon Finance is shutting down"

2022-08-31 [vendor] Babylon Finance [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $3.4M (3,400,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

In April, an attacker exploited vulnerabilities in the defi lending project Rari Capital to steal $80 million. The asset management project Babylon Finance was a major lending pool on Rari, and lost $3.4 million in the hack. After the incident, users withdrew more than 3/4 of the assets on the project.Since April, Babylon tried to recover from the hack. However, they described it as “the domino that kickstarted a series of unfortunate events”. Rari canceled their planned reimbursement, users withdrew their funds from Babylon Finance, the Fuse pool on Rari was abandoned, and the token price decreased from around $20 to around $5.On August 31, Babylon Finance’s founder Ramon Recuero published a blog post announcing that Babylon would be shutting down. They promised to distribute the remaining project treasury among holders. Users were told to withdraw their funds by November 15.

Total loss estimated at $3,400,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Protocol collapse / insolvency
Vendor / Product
Babylon Finance

Timeline

  1. 2022-08-31 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-08-31 Publicly disclosed