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BarnBridge Governance Attack: $776.00K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

DeFi protocol BarnBridge suffered a governance attack on July 15, 2026. The attacker gained control of the DAO via a malicious governance proposal, upgraded the proxy contract to a malicious implementation, and drained approximately $776,000 USDC by exploiting pre-existing approvals from around 50 user addresses.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://x.com/FortaNetwork/status/2077364671275769860 (opens in a new tab)

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