Cryptocurrency
[loss] $1M+
"Bitcoin Defi Protocol Sovryn Gets Hacked for Over $1 Million"
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$1.1M
(1,125,536 USD)
Blockchain(s)
Bitcoin
Incident Details
Bitcoin-based defi protocol, Sovryn, lost $1 million to a price manipulation attack. An exploiter was able to use the project’s legacy lend and borrow functionality to maliciously withdraw 44.93 RBTC (~$915,000) and 211,045 USDT.According to the protocol, their developers “were able to identify and recover funds as the attacker was attempting to withdraw the funds”. They have also announced that Exchequer, the project’s treasury committee, would “reinject” the remaining stolen funds.
Total loss estimated at $1,125,536.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Flash loan attack on smart contract
- Vendor / Product
- Sovryn attack
Timeline
- 2022-10-04 Breach occurred
- 2022-10-04 Publicly disclosed