Skip to main content

Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack

http://motleybloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cream-finance-suffers-130-million-hack.jpg

cream

Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The news was first revealed by Peckshield, a blockchain analytics company that discovered a flash loan had exploited the platform. This is the third hack the protocol has suffered in its history, being exploited for $36 and $29 million before, respectively.


Cream Finance Hacked Yet Again


Cream Finance, an Ethereum-based lending and borrowing protocol, suffered an exploit that allowed the hackers to steal $130 million worth of ether and ERC-20 tokens. According to Slowmist, a blockchain security organization, the attack netted 2,760.22 ether and 60 tokens including HBTC, USDT, BUSD, and others. The attack was perpetrated in the form of a series of flash loans in a very unorthodox way, which has led some to think the hacker was an experienced defi developer.


Another blockchain security firm, Peckshield, broke the news, linking to the flash loan that caused the hack via Twitter. The firm supposed the attack was possible due to a bug in a price oracle. The Cream team quickly acknowledged the situation, informing users about the hack. They also stated:



With the help of friends from Yearn Finance and others in the community, we were able to identify the vulnerabilities and patch them. In the meantime, we’ve paused our v1 lending markets on Ethereum and we’re in the process of putting together a post-mortem review.




Suspicious Circumstances


The Cream Finance team has since been trying to communicate with the hackers, offering to give them 10% of all the tokens that were lost. This is a known strategy that has paid off for some protocols that have been exploited in the past. Still, no response has been received.


The exploit transaction carries an enigmatic message that seems to point in the direction of this being a directed action against the protocol. The message, that also mentioned other protocols, stated:



gÃTµ Baave lucky, iron bank lucky, cream not. ydev : incest bad, dont do.



This is not the first time that Cream has been exploited. The protocol has a rather bad record, having been exploited three times during this year. The first time, in February, the protocol’s Iron Bank lost $36 million in another flash loan attack. After that event, Cream Finance was hacked again in August, when an exploit caused losses of $29 million.


What do you think about Cream Finance’s last exploit and the strange circumstances that surround it? Tell us in the comments section below.




Origina post from
http://motleybloggers.com/cream-finance-suffers-130-million-hack/

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

US Senator Urges Congress to Pass Her Crypto Bill — Claims It Would’ve Prevented FTX Bankruptcy

http://motleybloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/us-senator-urges-congress-to-pass-her-crypto-bill-claims-it-wouldve-prevented-ftx-bankruptcy.jpg U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis believes that the FTX bankruptcy wouldn’t have happened under the Lummis-Gillibrand crypto bill. She stressed: “It’s clearer now than ever before that we need comprehensive regulation in the digital asset space.” Senator Lummis Explains How Her Crypto Bill Would Prevent the FTX Catastrophe U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) explained in a series of tweets Monday why the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX wouldn’t have gone bankrupt had Congress passed her crypto bill. The cryptocurrency trading platform filed for bankruptcy last week. The senator from Wyoming has been a supporter of bitcoin for quite some time. She personally owns BTC and believes that bitcoin is something that the Federal Reserve should hold on its balance sheet. She has said repeatedly that the cryptocurre...

Research Shows Centralized Exchanges Saw the Most Visits This Year From Americans, Koreans, Russians

http://motleybloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/research-shows-centralized-exchanges-saw-the-most-visits-this-year-from-americans-koreans-russians.jpg Residents of the United States, South Korea and the Russian Federation have been the most frequent users of centralized exchanges this year, according to a new study. The finding comes after the spectacular crash of FTX, one of the largest such platforms, amid tightening regulations and fewer new users. U.S. Leads by Number of CEX Users, Turkey and Japan Are Also in the Top in Terms of Traffic The U.S., South Korea and Russia together account for 22% of all visits to centralized exchanges (CEX) for cryptocurrencies, according to the 2022-2023 “Global Crypto Industry Overview and Trends” annual report produced by Huobi Research. The estimate is based on data from the top 100 CEXs on active users, trading depth, trading volume, and reliability. With a share exceeding 9%, the United States is the pronounced leader in terms...

"Crypto Is Never Coming Back" | History Is Repeating Itself!!

http://img.youtube.com/vi/20b4X0Wefz8/0.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20b4X0Wefz8 💰 Get FREE CoinLedger Account Here! ➡️ https://coinledger.io/?fpr=ccv Crypto has been pronounced a failure and the cryptocurrency space has been predicted to go to $0 100's of times across the fear headlines over the years. But it is especially true in crypto bear markets. JOIN Crypto Capital Venture EXCLUSIVE Content ⚡⚡https://cryptocapitalventure.substack.com⚡⚡ 🟩 Bitcoin 4 Year Cycle Prediction - This May Change Your Mind On BTC https://youtu.be/IsKI359lAbQ Get Great Deal On TradingView subscription (the charts I use) USE MY LINK! - https://www.tradingview.com/?aff_id=114269 Follow me on my new Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/theofficialccv ⚡ Catch Me On Twitter ⚡ http://twitter.com/cryptorecruitr ⬇How To Stake Your Cardano In Minutes With Crypto Capital Venture!⬇ Stake Your ADA With Ticker: CCV1 ...