Security· ★★★· bearish·

Base vault exploited for about $2.02 million

  • —Blockaid flagged an ongoing exploit of a vault on Base
  • —Attacker added a new contract to the vault's whitelist
  • —About $2.02 million in aBaswstETH was drained
  • —Roughly four transactions caused the losses; attack continues
Why it matters: The incident highlights weaknesses in DeFi vault whitelisting and may prompt stricter contract vetting on Base.
Source: PANews