Main navigation

Solana-Based DeFi Project Suffers $100 Million Hack, Hacker Speaks Out

Wed, 10/12/2022 - 08:42
article image
Alex Dovbnya
Hacker managed to drain funds with help of oracle price manipulation
Solana-Based DeFi Project Suffers $100 Million Hack, Hacker Speaks Out
Cover image via stock.adobe.com
Read U.TODAY on
Google News

Solana-based decentralized finance protocol Mango has suffered a $100 million hack.

The incident was originally reported by blockchain auditor OtterSec, which were alerted by blockchain developer Tom Geshury. The attacker managed to pull off the hack by manipulating their Mango collateral.

They managed to take out massive loans from the Mango treasury by achieving a short-lived spike in the value of their collateral.

Mango said that it was investigating the incident in a tweet. The project is currently focused on attempting to freeze the stolen funds by cooperating with relevant third parties.

Related
Charles Hoskinson: There's Nothing Left to Say About XRP

The protocol has so far disabled deposits on the front end. It also stated that it was open to offering bounties for the return of funds.

The Mango hack marked the second major DeFi incident in the span of a week after Binance's BNB blockchain was drained of $80 million.

The hacker has spoken

The hacker has made a proposal to try and negotiate for a bounty. In their message, the hacker says the Mango treasury has about 70 million USDC available to repay bad debt. If this proposal passes, the hacker will send tokens to an address announced by the Mango team in order to cover any remaining debt. Mango holders will agree to pay off the bad debt and wave any claims against accounts with bad debt.

Under this proposal, the project is not supposed to pursue any criminal investigations or freezing of funds.

article image
About the author

Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.