Velodrome DNS Hijacking Attack: $250.00K Reported Loss
Optimism decentralized trading protocol Velodrome tweeted that the frontend is currently compromised, please do not interact with Velodrome for the time being, the team is investigating.
- Reported loss
- $ 250,000
- Attack category
- DNS Hijacking Attack
Incident Overview
On December 1, Velodrome posted an update stating, "We are happy to announce that earlier today we were able to regain control of our domain following a social engineering attack on our provider. We are still working to restore our primary domain and will share an update soon. More details on the attack + response will follow." On December 2, Velodrome tweeted that their provider was exploited again and please do not interact with our front end. On the same day, Velodrome stated that "the domain has been restored again and is locked at the TLD level pending transfer to a new provider. You can now resume using https://velodrome.finance. Our decentralized frontend can be accessed at http://velo.drome.eth.limo and has remained uncompromised."
Sources & References
This record presents information attributed to the linked sources. Incident dates describe the original event, not a new report. Reported loss figures reflect the source record and are not current market valuations.