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Shibarium Bridge Flash Loan Attack: $2.40M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

The Shibarium bridge, connecting the Layer 2 network of the same name to Ethereum, was targeted in a flash loan attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.4 million. The attacker used a flash loan to purchase 4.6 million BONE tokens and obtained validator signing keys, gaining control of the majority of validator power, and ultimately signed a malicious state to drain assets from the bridge.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.theblock.co/post/370536/shibarium-bridge-suffers-sophisticated-flash-loan-attack-with-2-4-million-drained (opens in a new tab)

This record presents information attributed to the linked sources. Incident dates describe the original event, not a new report. Reported loss figures reflect the source record and are not current market valuations.

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