๐ DeFi just got another reminder: governance can be an attack vector.
Term Finance lost about $8.5M after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in the protocolโs governance system.
According to PeckShield, the hacker withdrew approximately:
โก 2,843 ETH (~$6.9M)
โก 1.68M USDC, then swapped it to about 1.68M DAI
CertiK estimates the total losses at around $8.5M.
Term Labs confirmed it is investigating a โgovernance exploitโ affecting Termโs vaults.
Whatโs scary is the scale of the damage.
The vaultsโ TVL is about $12.45M, meaning the stolen amount is equivalent to roughly 68% of the TVL.
I think DeFi is sometimes truly literal:
โDonโt trust, verify.โ
Then once you verify, you find governance also wants to rug you. ๐
Term previously lost about $1.6M in April 2025 due to a misconfigured oracle.
One exploit is bad.
A second exploit starts looking like a subscription plan. ๐ญ
Do you think DeFi should prioritize governance security over the speed of feature development?
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