Blockchain security firm GoPlus Security said it had detected a possible exploit on Binance’s BNB Chain that could have cost the money-market platform Venus Protocol roughly $2 million in vTokens, including vUSDT. The alert suggested the incident might be linked to maximal extractable value (MEV) strategies. Minutes later, rival monitors Phalcon and BlockSecTeam reviewed on-chain activity and said the attacks appeared to target unidentified contracts run by MEV bots rather than Venus Protocol itself. They confirmed a similar dollar loss but found no evidence that the Venus pools had been breached. The episode adds to a series of small-scale exploits on BNB Chain this month, underscoring ongoing vulnerabilities in DeFi markets even when headline figures are modest compared with past, nine-figure hacks.
#PeckShieldAlert An arbitrage bot #printMoney has been drained $2M worth of cryptos on #BNBChain https://t.co/M9s3S9hrJi
#PeckShieldAlert #Cork Protocol Exploiter 2 - labeled address has transferred 1,410 $ETH (worth ~$3.4M) to #TornadoCash https://t.co/8R3Kj54aZG
If you are using @VenusProtocol you need to be shot. These motherfuckers are a shitty aave fork exploited for the 2nd time this year with multiple more exploits in the past. ➡️TLDR: Just use @aave on @BNBCHAIN if you need to use a money market. https://t.co/rK4AnCGQgr