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Balancer DNS Hijacking Attack: $350.00K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

On September 20th, the DeFi liquidity protocol Balancer fell victim to a DNS hijacking attack. Funds have been directed to an address starting with 0x6457, resulting in a total loss of approximately $350,000. The attacker’s fee came from the phishing group AngelDrainer. The attacker may be related to Russia.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1704402769535438928 (opens in a new tab)

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