Celer Network shuts down bridge over potential DNS hijacking
The platform asked users to revoke token approvals for smart contracts in several blockchains, including Ethereum and BSC. Interoperability protocol Celer Network (CELR) has asked its users to revoke the approval for several contracts after shutting down its cBridge over a suspected DNS hijacking. According to the project's initial analysis, there was some suspicious DNS activity at around 7 PM (UTC) on Aug. 17. However, the platform is still trying to investigate and know more about the issue at the time of writing. Meanwhile, as the platform continues to pinpoint the problem, the team....
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Reports indicate that the Wormhole Network’s ethereum solana bi-directional bridge has been exploited by an attacker for *93,750 ether or more than $250 million using today’s ethereum exchange rates. The developers behind the Wormhole Network have told the public the network is “down for maintenance,” as the team “looks into a potential exploit.”
*Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to reflect new information provided by the Wormhole team that says the bridge was exploited for 120,000 WETH.
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