#BinancePick Another bridge going down today 🚨 Ankr’s bridge on Ethereum was exploited for ~$303K. Blockaid flagged it live at 08:42 UTC, and about $292K had already been drained.
How it happened: the attacker reused a tiny 0.0044 ankrETH deposit made on Optimism on Nov 3 and sent 5 withdrawals with fake receipts, because the bridge didn’t verify that those transactions existed. They took ankrETH, ankrPOL, $ANKR, and more.
At the time of writing, Ankr hadn’t published a post-mortem or official statement, and the figures vary a bit depending on the source. It’s not the biggest hack, but every broken bridge is another reminder of where you keep your $ETH. I’m just reporting what happened 🫶
How it happened: the attacker reused a tiny 0.0044 ankrETH deposit made on Optimism on Nov 3 and sent 5 withdrawals with fake receipts, because the bridge didn’t verify that those transactions existed. They took ankrETH, ankrPOL, $ANKR, and more.
At the time of writing, Ankr hadn’t published a post-mortem or official statement, and the figures vary a bit depending on the source. It’s not the biggest hack, but every broken bridge is another reminder of where you keep your $ETH. I’m just reporting what happened 🫶
