The cross-chain DeFi protocol THORChain suffered another major hack for $8 million. Last week the protocol was drained with a further $8.3 million in a separate attack.
THORChain Got Hit Again
The decentralized cross-chain exchange THORChain experienced a “sophisticated attack” on its ETH Router. The protocol announced on Twitter that this time the perpetrators drained around $8 million worth of Ether:
“THORChain has suffered a sophisticated attack on the ETH Router, around $8m.”
However, the team added that the attackers limited their damage, “seemingly a whitehat.” They reportedly requested a 10% bounty. In the meantime, the amount of ETH will be halted until it can be “peer-reviewed with audit partners, as a priority:”
“The whitehat requested a 10% bounty – which will be awarded if they reach out, and they should be ecouraged to do so.”
The anonymous hackers warned that they found “multiple critical issues” and could have struck much greater damage, such as
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