Security Incident · ETH Ecosystem
Verus Ethereum Bridge Smart Contract Vulnerability: $7.54M Reported Loss
The Verus Ethereum Bridge was exploited again.
- Reported loss
- $ 7,540,000
- Attack category
- Smart Contract Vulnerability
Incident Overview
The attacker abused the bridge’s import path to trigger unbacked payouts on the Ethereum side, draining approximately $7.54 million in assets (ETH, tBTC, USDC, etc.) from the bridge reserves. This is the second exploit of the same flaw from May. The project has not issued a detailed official statement yet.
Sources & References
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