Value DeFi Flash Loan Attack: $6.00M Reported Loss
The Value DeFi protocol was attacked by a flash loan on Saturday.
- Reported loss
- $ 6,000,000
- Attack category
- Flash loan attack
Incident Overview
It is reported that the attacker borrowed 80,000 ETH from the Aave protocol, executed a lightning loan attack, and arbitrage between DAI and USDC. After the attacker used $7.4 million DAI, he refunded $2 million to Value DeFi and retained $5.4 million. In addition, the attacker left a mocking message to the Value DeFi team: "Do you really understand lightning loans?" Value DeFi claimed on Twitter on Friday that it has the function of preventing lightning loan attacks. After inquiry, the tweet no longer exists. Subsequently, the Value DeFi team tweeted to confirm that its MultiStables vault had been subjected to "a complex attack with a net loss of 6 million US dollars.
Sources & References
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