Nomad reportedly ignored security vulnerability that led to $190M exploit
The altcoins that were stolen in the Nomad bridge hack suffered as much as 94% decline in price after the exploit. The Nomad token bridge hack on Aug. 3 was the fourth largest crypto hack in history that saw nearly $200 million worth of crypto assets drained from the platform. However, more than the hack, the methodology behind it garnered widespread attention.The exploit took place due to a smart contract vulnerability that saw hundreds of users other than the hacker also get involved, taking away as much as they can by simply copy-pasting the transaction data used by the initial hacker....
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Bridge exploits continue to prove to be a top concern across DeFi and crypto at large, as bridges time and time again have proven to be a major point of vulnerability. Enter once again another prime example with the latest 9-figure exploit, this time on the multi-chain Nomad Bridge. In the early hours following the exploit, we’re looking at an exploit in the range of $160-190M – let’s take a look at this and more from what we know thus far. Nomad’s Collapse According to Defi Llama, the bridge closed off July with a TVL of right around $190M, and as August went....
The cross-chain bridge was drained of its assets in less than three hours. Mere hours after the Nomad token bridge published an Ethereum wallet address last week for the return of funds following a $190 million hack, whitehat hackers have since returned approximately $32.6 million worth of funds. The vast majority of funds consisted of stablecoins USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Frax, along with altcoins. According to research published by Paul Hoffman of BestBrokers, the vulnerability of the Nomad protocol was highlighted in Nomad's recent audit by Quantstamp on June 6 and was deemed....
Hundreds of potential exploiters appear to have drained all of the bridge’s $190 million in TVL in just a matter of hours. The Nomad token bridge appears to have experienced a security exploit that has allowed hackers to systematically drain the bridge’s funds over a long series of transactions.Nearly the entire $190.7 million in crypto has been removed from the bridge, with only $651.54 left remaining in the wallet, according to decentralized finance (DeFi) tracking platform DeFi Llama.Nomad bridge is getting drained, your funds might be at risk and might be able to still withdraw the....
The top 100 DeFi tokens had a mixed price action over the past week, with many seeing a downturn after some bullish action last week. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.This past week, the DeFi ecosystem saw two exploits, one after another, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars. First, cross-bridge token platform Nomad became a victim of what many deemed a decentralized robbery, which saw almost $190 million drained out of their....
Given the recent increase in Bitcoin ransomware attacks all over the world, security researchers have been trying to figure out which vulnerabilities have been exploited by hackers. As it turns out, the recent zero-day exploit in Flash is being used as part of the Magnitude exploit kit to distribute various forms of Bitcoin ransomware. Magnitude EK Uses Flash Zero-day Vulnerability. Just a few days ago, Adobe announced they had discovered a serious vulnerability in their Flash software package, which was patched as of yesterday morning. This prompt response by the company should avoid....