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Verus Ethereum Bridge Smart Contract Vulnerability: $7.54M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

The Verus Ethereum Bridge was exploited again. The attacker abused the bridge’s import path to trigger unbacked payouts on the Ethereum side, draining approximately $7.54 million in assets (ETH, tBTC, USDC, etc.) from the bridge reserves. This is the second exploit of the same flaw from May. The project has not issued a detailed official statement yet.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://x.com/blockaid_/status/2080143099561496896 (opens in a new tab)

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