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Balancer Loses $900k in DeFi Hack

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Balancer Becomes Another Victim of DeFi Hacks in 2023 - Loses $900k After Vulnerability Warning
Balancer Becomes Another Victim of DeFi Hacks in 2023 - Loses $900k After Vulnerability Warning

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Balancer has joined the rising list of DeFi protocols exploited by cybercriminals this year. The Ethereum automated market maker has been on the receiving end of a $900k loss on August 27.

This news comes shortly after unveiling a vulnerability that has already impacted several pools. Balancer’s team has posted on X (formerly Twitter) that since the affected collections could not be paused, users must withdraw their holdings from the affected liquidity pools as soon as possible.

Blockchain security expert Meir Delov revealed the identity of the attacker. He stated that the attacker continues his operation and has moved more than $600k to a particular address.

Soon after the exploit, the exact address received two transfers in DAI stablecoin worth $636,812 and $257,527, making a total loss of $893,978.

Withdraw Funds Quickly – Balancer

Balancer unveiled the issues on August 22, warning users about the prevalent exploits and urging them to withdraw their assets from LPS before facing any damage. The help at risk were those deployed on Optimis, Ethereum, Avalanche, Gnosis, zkEVM, Fantom, and Polygon.

On the day of the warning, only 1.45 of the total assets were at risk, meaning $5 million worth of cryptos were vulnerable. $2.8 million of those assets inside the TVL were also at risk, prompting Balancer to warn its users on X (formerly Twitter).

While the mitigated pools are safe,  users must move their assets to safe collections or withdraw. Unmitigated pools were at risk. With that, Balancer urged users to exit immediately.

Over $204 Million Lost to DeFi Hacks in Q2 Alone

Since the beginning of 2023, the DeFi space has been at the receiving end of more than a few hacks.

In Q2, DeFi suffered losses worth $204 million, according to a report by De. Fi Rekt. IT reported a total loss in Q2 of 2023 of $204 million, making the total year-to-date loss $677 million.

DeFi Hacks Q2 2023
Source De-Fi

This loss is seven times the loss the crypto economy suffered in the same quarter last year.

The biggest hack of the year, however, was suffered by Euler in Q1, which led to a loss of $197 million.

Q3 faired a bit better, as the surge in Crypto prices in July 2023, thanks to Ripple’s partial victory over SEC, has led to a 70% decrease in crypto scams, according to a report by Chainalysis, which was done in July this year.

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