An attacker perpetrated a flash loan attack on the “Normie” memecoin on the Base layer-2 blockchain to drain millions of NORMIE tokens. The vulnerability was evidently discovered in March, but never patched.Although the token claimed to have a market cap of $42 million, the attacker was only able to cash out around 224 wETH (~$882,000). However, the losses to some holders of the token were much more substantial. One individual had put around $1.16 million into $NORMIE, and those holdings are now priced at around $150.The attacker has been negotiating the possible return of funds to the project team, who has expressed interest in relaunching the token.

Total loss estimated at $882,000.