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Balancer Flash Loan Attack: $2.10M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

Balancer says it has received reports of a critical vulnerability affecting multiple V2 pools. Emergency mitigation procedures have been implemented to secure the majority of TVL, but some funds remain at risk. Users are advised to immediately withdraw affected LPs. According to news on August 28, Balancer’s losses have exceeded $2.1 million, and multiple fund pools on Ethereum, Fantom, and Optimism have been affected.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://twitter.com/balancer/status/1694014645378724280 (opens in a new tab)

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