Data leak
[loss] $240,000
Tweet by CelerNetwork
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$240,000
(240,000 USD)
Incident Details
The Celer Network’s cBridge project was targeted with a BGP hijacking attack. Users who tried to access the bridge’s frontend were instead shown a site that prompted them to authorize transactions that drained their wallets. The attacker was able to steal around 128 ETH (~$240,000) before the exploit was discovered and Celer took the frontend offline. The stolen funds were quickly transfered to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency tumbler.
Total loss estimated at $240,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- DNS hijacking / domain takeover (front-end compromise)
- Vendor / Product
- Celer Network bridge
Timeline
- 2022-08-17 Breach occurred
- 2022-08-17 Publicly disclosed