Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Reproducible Foundry test fork from SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs. Clone the repo, run forge test against the file path above, and replay the exploit against a mainnet fork at the historical block. Use for reproduction only — not for live targets.
On September 20th, the DeFi liquidity protocol Balancer fell victim to a DNS hijacking attack. Funds have been directed to an address starting with 0x6457, resulting in a total loss of approximately $350,000. The attacker’s fee came from the phishing group AngelDrainer. The attacker may be related to Russia. Attack method (per SlowMist): DNS Hijacking Attack. Reported loss: $ 350,000.
- chain
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- protocol
- Balancer
- bug_class
- infrastructure
- date_occurred
- 2023-09-20
- loss_usd
- $350,000
- source_id
- sm:balancer::2023-09-20