Security Incident · Polkadot Ecosystem
Acala On-chain setup error: $52.00M Reported Loss
The Polkadot ecological project Acala caused an additional issuance of aUSD due to an error on the chain, allowing attackers to mint aUSD.
- Reported loss
- $ 52,000,000
- Attack category
- On-chain setup error
Incident Overview
The vulnerability caused aUSD to lose its peg to the US dollar, initially falling to $0.60 and hovering around $0.90. Acala suspended the protocol shortly after the attack and disabled the transfer of the stolen aUSD and the attackers exchanging Acala tokens for some of the aUSD.
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