Did $18 million vanish overnight? Is Ostium really in deep trouble this time? 😱
🚨 DeFi is in trouble again!
The Arbitrum ecosystem derivatives protocol Ostium has been hit by an oracle (Oracle) vulnerability attack. It has now completely paused trading, with preliminary estimates of losses reaching up to $18 million.
What exactly happened? 🤔
According to an investigation by on-chain security firm Blockaid, the attacker used oracle data with a “future timestamp” to forge trading profits, successfully bypassing the system’s settlement. They then withdrew a large amount of USDC from the liquidity pool.
In simple terms, the system “believed fake price data,” and ultimately mistakenly paid the attacker.
💸 At present, the official statement says that all users’ positions remain intact, but users are temporarily unable to add, reduce, or close positions. Margin has also been frozen within the smart contract. The team is still investigating the cause of the incident and is working on a plan for next steps.
It’s worth noting that the official has not yet confirmed whether the oracle’s signing key was stolen or whether there is a vulnerability in the underlying infrastructure. Everything is still under investigation.
📌 This incident once again serves as a reminder: sometimes the biggest risk in DeFi is not market upswings or downswings, but the security of the protocol itself. For protocols that rely on oracle-provided data, if the price information is manipulated, it can lead to massive losses.
Going forward, the most important things to watch are whether the official will publish a compensation plan and when trading will resume—both will directly affect the market’s confidence in Ostium.
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