Data Shows BSC Dapps Lost $167 Million Last Month From Flash Loan Attacks
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) decentralized applications (dapps) have been hit with a number of flash loan attacks in recent weeks. According to collected data by Rekt, during the last 30 days BSC has lost a total of $167 million from these flash loan exploits. Flash Loan Hackers Prey on Binance Smart Chain Dapps – $167 Million Siphoned in May Flash loan attacks have become an issue for the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) as a myriad of BSC dapps were breached during the month of May. Essentially, these flash loans provide people with the ability to borrow crypto without relinquishing any....
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There have been two back-to-back flash loan attacks in a short period of time stemming from two unique Binance Smart Chain decentralized finance (defi) projects. Last Wednesday, the yield-farming platform Pancakebunny lost close to $3 million in a flash loan attack according to reports. The following Sunday, Bogged Finance saw $3 million exploited from a flash loan attack. Pancakebunny Gets Hit by a Flash Loan Attack – $3 Million Drained Ever since hackers leveraged flash loans to attack the defi margin trading protocol Bzx, flash loans have been a common attack in the defi world.....
Pancake Bunny, BurgerSwap, Belt Finance — What do these three protocols have in common? Apart from them being DeFi-based, they all have been victims of flash loan attacks in the past month. Based on data estimates, nearly $167 million has been siphoned in May 2021 by perpetrators who have leveraged zero-collateral loans to the T. […]
The controversial Binance Smart Chain is back on the news. Apparently, the Dapps it hosts have been the target of eight flash loan hacks in the last few days. Unofficially, it’s rumored that the amount lost is close to a whopping one billion dollars. Binance thinks “well organized hackers are targeting BSC now.” Twitter is […]
Another Binance Smart Chain project was exploited by a flash loan attack, with DeFi platform BurgerSwap being the victim this time. According to a twitter post written by the Burgerswap Team, there were approximately $7.2 million in funds lost from the exploit. The current total loss is around $7 million and we will strive to […]
Flash loans allow users to borrow a high amount of assets without having to provide any upfront collateral, this is often used by miscreants to launch attacks on DeFi protocols. New Free DAO, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, faced a series of flash loan attacks on Sept. 8, resulting in a reported loss of $1.25 million. The price of the native token has dropped by 99% in the wake of the attack.Unlike normal loans, several DeFi protocols offer flash loans that allow users to borrow large amounts of assets without upfront collateral deposits. The only condition is that the loan must....