Arbitrum Perp DEX AFX Trade Drained of $24M, Offers Hacker 30% to Return It
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4 outlets - including Cryptoticker, Cryptonomist and Cryptobriefing and 1 more - are covering this story. AFX Trade lost $24.15M USDC after attackers compromised its bridge validator keys. The perp DEX offered the hacker a 30% bounty to return it.
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AFX Trade Hack: Arbitrum Perp DEX Loses $24M as Bridge Keys Are Compromised
AFX Trade lost $24.15M USDC after attackers compromised its bridge validator keys. The perp DEX offered the hacker a 30% bounty to return it.
Arbitrum AFX Exploit: $24M Drained, Hacker Offered 30% Bounty
A decentralized perpetuals exchange built on Arbitrum just lost nearly everything it had. AFX Trade, which runs on the Arbitrum layer-2 network and settles positions in USDC, was drained of $24.15 million on Wednesday after an attacker comp…
AFX Trade drained of $24M, offers hacker 30% bounty to return stolen funds
AFX Trade lost $24.15 million in USDC after a hacker compromised its bridge validator keys. The Arbitrum perp DEX offered a 30% bounty to recover The post AFX Trade drained of $24M, offers hacker 30% bounty to return stolen funds appeared f…
Arbitrum Perp DEX AFX Trade Drained of $24M, Offers Hacker 30% to Return It
The exploit hit a custody bridge AFX operates rather than the Arbitrum network itself, with the stolen funds quickly moved to Ethereum.