$6,000,000 Drained From Crypto Platform In ‘Flash Loan’ Exploit

The post Summer.fi reveals months-long preparation behind $6M DeFi exploit appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Summer.fi has published a detailed post-mortem on the $6.04 million exploit that drained two of its Lazy Summer Protocol USDC vaults. It concludes that the attack was planned months in advance rather than being an opportunistic flash loan exploit. The report says the attacker spent roughly three months accumulating the assets needed to manipulate the protocol. The exploit was executed in a single atomic transaction on July 6.  It also argues that the root cause was an operational issue during the offboarding of an old strategy rather than a flaw in the protocol’s smart contracts. Attack exploited incomplete offboarding process According to the post-mortem, the attacker manipulated the net asset value [NAV] of two USDC vaults. Stale-valued Silo vault tokens were donated into an Ark that had been capped during an offboarding process. However, the Ark remained included in the va

Lazy Summer Protocol lost $6M to a NAV manipulation exploit three months in the making.

The Lazy Summer Protocol operated by Summer.fi has paused all vaults and set deposit caps to zero across networks after an active exploit was identified. According to the blockchain security firms PeckShieldAlert and CertiKAlert, the protocol has been exploited for around $6 million. CertiK says the hacker exploited the protocol’s flash loan smart contracts, enabling […] The post $6,000,000 Drained From Crypto Platform In ‘Flash Loan’ Exploit appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

A sprawling bank fraud conspiracy has resulted in federal charges against 13 individuals for diverting more than $1 million through stolen checks. The group operated out of New York, stealing checks and using them to victimize residents, businesses and financial institutions, says the U.S. Department of Justice. The 14-count indictment details how the defendants allegedly […] The post New York Bank Fraud Ring Indicted for Over $1,000,000 in Stolen Checks appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

A California couple has discovered $17,450 missing from their Chase checking account after an ATM visit revealed the fraud. The couple found three fake checks totaling around $6,450 and 17 fraudulent online bill payments adding up to over $11,000 on their statement, reports ABC7. The pair had recently ordered new checks from a third-party printing […] The post California Couple Loses Nearly $17,450 to Fake Checks and Fraudulent Charges in Chase Account appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

The Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) has completed its largest crypto sale to date by divesting 3,588 Bitcoin for $216 million between June 29th and July 5th. The transaction happened under the firm’s newly introduced BTC monetization program designed to support dividend payments. “This framework is designed to strengthen credit quality and enable the Company […] The post Strategy Executes Record $216,000,000 Bitcoin Sale Under New Program appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

Blockaid detected an active exploit that has drained about $6 million from Summer.fi. Summer.fi has not disclosed the exploit’s cause or confirmed affected user vaults yet. The attack underscores growing security risks facing institutional-focused DeFi platforms. Summer.fi has suffered a security exploit that has drained about $6 million, according to blockchain security firm Blockaid. The […] The post Summer.fi Exploit Drains $6M as Blockaid Detects Ongoing Attack appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

On Monday, July 6, the DeFi protocol Summer Finance was hit by a sophisticated flash loan and price manipulation attack, resulting in an estimated loss of $6 million. Security Firms Flag Breach Blockchain security firms reported Monday, July 6, a major security breach targeting Summer Finance, a decentralized finance ( DeFi) yield optimization protocol. According […]