An alleged moral hacker has drained $1.59 million from the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Tender.fi, main the service to halt borrowing whereas it makes an attempt to recoup its belongings.
Web3-focused sensible contract auditor CertiK, and blockchain analyst Lookonchain, flagged an exploit that noticed funds drained from the DeFi lending protocol on March 7. Tender.fi confirmed the incident on Twitter, citing “an uncommon quantity of borrows” by way of the protocol:
We’re investigating an uncommon quantity of borrows that got here by way of the protocol- within the meantime, we now have paused all borrowing. Thanks to your persistence.
— Tender.fi (@tender_fi) March 7, 2023
The most recent replace from the platform claims {that a} white hat hacker has made contact, and discussions are underway to recoup belongings taken through the exploit. White hat hackers are also called moral hackers and sometimes search for and reap the benefits of safety flaws in numerous protocols earlier than returning funds.
The whitehat has made contact over debank and we’re at present in discussions on the right way to treatment this example. We are going to replace you with extra data when we now have it.
— Tender.fi (@tender_fi) March 7, 2023
Cointelegraph reached out to CertiK to unpack the state of affairs, which highlighted that the exploiter left an on-chain message which has been verified on the Arbitrum Blockchain Explorer:
Lookonchain provided additional particulars of the exploit, citing blockchain knowledge displaying that the white hat hacker borrowed $1.59 million value of belongings from the protocol by depositing 1 GMX token, valued at $71 on the time of writing.
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Cointelegraph has reached out to Tender.fi to establish additional particulars of the exploit and whether or not funds can be returned by the white hat hacker. DeFi protocols have been the goal of hackers in early 2023, with seven completely different platforms dropping over $21 million in February alone. Hackers additionally took benefit of an oracle exploit in Jan. 2023, seeing over $120 million stolen from BonqDAO.
