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by BSCN
August 18, 2023
While the hack details are yet to be disclosed, the protocol's TVL has plummeted to $26 million.
SUMMARY
Layer 2 Optimistic Rollup network Optimism has witnessed another security breach as Exactly Protocol, a DeFi platform offering interest rate markets, fell victim to an attack.ย
Security firms such as Hacken and BlockSec uncovered the exploit, resulting in a staggering loss of approximately 4300 ether, equivalent to $7.3 million.
The hack leveraged a vulnerability in Exactly Protocol's smart contract, leading to significant losses.ย
While specific details of the exploit are yet to be known, the incident led to a sharp decline in the protocol's Total Value Locked (TVL). Initially holding over $36 million, the TVL plummeted to under $26 million, according to data from DeFi Llama.
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