Verus Ethereum Bridge Hit Again for $7.54M
- Bridge
- DeFi
- Security
The Verus Ethereum bridge suffered its second exploit in quick succession when an attacker abused the import path to trigger unbacked payouts on Ethereum. Roughly $7.54 million in ETH, tBTC, USDC and other assets left the reserves. Blockaid confirmed the drain on July 23 as part of the same day's multi-protocol attack wave.
Incident Details
- Type
- BRIDGE HACK
- Funds Lost
- $7.5M
- Status
- Ongoing
Funds drained across multiple assets, second hit in short period for the bridge.