In a tweet, the project’s official Twitter handle confirmed that the bridge is currently down while the team investigates a potential exploit. On-chain analysts called attention to an 80,000 ether (ETH) transaction from Wormhole to an address currently in possession of over USD 250 million worth of ETH. According to another developer, the attacker also kept 40,000 ETH on Solana, where they have been selling for other assets.
The Wormhole team has reached out to the exploiter’s address on the Ethereum network, offering a USD 10 million bounty for returning the funds. The hack has raised alarm in DeFi circles because it now means ETH that has been bridged to Solana may be unbacked.
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