ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER HACK: $ANKR BRIDGE EXPLOITED: ~$300K DRAINED! Ankr's Ethereum cross-chain bridge was exploited through five unauthorized withdrawals, according to Blockaid, PeckShield and SlowMist. The attacker reportedly reused ONE legitimate Optimism transaction involving just 0.0044024803 ankrETH to create five forged withdrawal receipts. The receipts carried valid consensus signatures despite altered recipient addresses, tokens and withdrawal amounts. The bridge accepted them and released its locked assets. STOLEN ASSETS: 🔹 5,372 aMATICb 🔹 515.2K ankrPOL (~$56K) 🔹 8M ANKR ($30.7K) 🔹 83 ankrETH (~$192K) Most funds were reportedly swapped into 103 ETH (~$217K). ON-CHAIN EVIDENCE: Attacker: 0x9A88Dd45AE846A979705c9cFdfD0f229e592D703 Recipient: 0x119D250b82C1cf5345dF5912EFb4B1a4107a1Aa6 Vulnerable contract: 0xc437DF90B37C1dB6657339E31BfE54627f0e7181 Exploit transactions: 0x7310af5d5... 0x90c563360... 0xde2d5b455... 0x91ba1a9c8... 0x46e20d4c8... Reused Optimism transaction: 0x02e805b51... ANOTHER RED FLAG: Hours before the exploit, multiple Ankr operator wallets across Ethereum, Arbitrum and Linea were reportedly swept into a newly consolidated wallet. Whether operator infrastructure or signing keys were compromised remains unconfirmed. How can ONE legitimate deposit authorize FIVE withdrawals? This is a serious cross-chain verification failure that deserves answers. Stay alert. DYOR.