Web3 infrastructure platform Ankr faced a massive exploit earlier today with the hacker reportedly exploiting the platform for millions of dollars. As per early details, the hacker has reportedly minted 10 trillion Ankr Reward Bearing Staked BNB (aBNBc).
aBNBc is a reward-bearing token for BNB available on the Ankr protocol. Also, details from BSCScan show that the Ankr exploited transferred 900 BNB coins to Tornado Cash.
Earlier, the BNB chain had launched the liquid staking function via Ankr. This allowed users to earn interest by allocating BNB tokens to the liquid staking agreement while obtaining aBNBc. Post the exploit, the price of aBNBc has tanked by a staggering 99.5%.
Either a vulnerability in the smart contract or a compromise in the private keys could be the reason behind the exploit. Citing data from DeBank, crypto journalist Colin Wu reports:
0x8d… took advantage of the Ankr loophole, used 10 BNB to exchange 183,384.92 aBNBc, and then converted to hBNB and staked it int
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