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The Sandbox Pledges 1:1 SAND Repayment After Bridge Exploit
The Sandbox has pledged a 1:1 SAND repayment to affected users after a bridge exploit minted unbacked SAND across Base and BNB Chain, moving to make holders whole while it contains the fallout on its cross-chain infrastructure.
Moonwell Investigates Base Lending Market Exploit
Moonwell is investigating a lending market issue on its Base deployment after security firms flagged what they characterized as a suspected multimillion-dollar exploit, with one report putting the figure near $8. 7 million.
Cosmos Labs urges EVM chains to halt after shared bug drains three networks
Cosmos Labs urged EVM chains to halt operations after a shared bug reportedly drained three networks, warning validators and infrastructure operators of common code exposure across the Cosmos EVM stack.
Term Finance Shuts Meta Vaults After $8.5M Exploit
Term Finance has permanently shut down its Meta Vaults following an exploit that the protocol estimates at roughly $8. 5 million, removing the affected product line from its stack rather than pausing it for later restart.
Pendle Oracle Shift Triggers $36 Million in Liquidations | DeFiLiban
An oracle configuration change on Pendle is being blamed for roughly $36 million in liquidations across leveraged positions tied to the protocol's yield markets, though the full on-chain accounting of the event remains unconfirmed.
3% Token Move Triggers $36M in Ethereum DeFi Liquidations
A token move of roughly 3% cascaded into about $36 million in Ethereum DeFi liquidations, a reminder that in leveraged onchain markets the size of a price swing matters far less than where collateral thresholds sit.
Term Finance Loses $8.5M After Attacker Buys Voting Power
Term Finance, an Ethereum-based lending protocol, lost an estimated $8. 5 million after an attacker acquired voting power and used it to force through a malicious governance action, in a Term Finance exploit that drained protocol-controlled funds rather than exploiting a code-level bug.
Term Finance Loses Estimated $8.5M in Governance Exploit
DeFi lending protocol Term Finance lost an estimated $8. 5 million in a governance exploit, an incident that turns a project's own control layer into the attack surface and puts immediate pressure on user funds and protocol trust.
The Sandbox Says It Contained Bridge Exploit Minting Unbacked SAND
The Sandbox said it contained a bridge exploit that minted unbacked SAND on Base and BSC, an asset-integrity incident that touched the token's cross-chain supply rather than a single wallet or routine transfer.
Sandbox halts Base and BNB Chain bridging after exploit
The Sandbox has halted bridging of its SAND token on Base and BNB Chain following an exploit, pulling the cross-chain routes offline as an immediate containment measure. The Sandbox Base and BNB Chain bridge exploit interrupts asset movement between the two networks while the team investigates.
AI Agents Could Make Billion-Dollar Crypto Hacks Look Like 'Pennies,' Industry Leaders Warn
Industry leaders are warning that AI agents could push crypto exploit losses far beyond today's benchmarks, making the sector's current billion-dollar hacks look like "pennies" as automated attackers lower the cost and raise the scale of on-chain theft.
Maya Protocol Exploit Drains $1.7M From Shared Liquidity
Maya Protocol suffered an exploit that drained roughly $1. 7 million from its shared liquidity, a protocol-level security event that put pooled user capital, rather than a single wallet, directly at risk.