VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
Root cause
Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
▰ PROOF OF CONCEPT
DEFIHACKLABS
src/test/2023-10/BelugaDex_exp.sol
view forked test on github ↗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.
Forensic narrative
The Beluga Protocol on Arbitrum fell victim to a flashloan attack. The attacker made a profit of approximately $175,000 by manipulating the USDT-USDC.e balance, allowing for the withdrawal of extra tokens. Attack method (per SlowMist): Flash Loan Attack. Reported loss: $ 175,000.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- arbitrum
- protocol
- Beluga Protocol
- bug_class
- flashloan
- date_occurred
- 2023-10-13
- loss_usd
- $175,000
- source_id
- sm:beluga-protocol::2023-10-13
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