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← back to feed·INFRASTRUCTURE2022-08-18 · 3y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Celer

BGP Hijacking
Estimated loss
VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is infrastructure (DNS / cloud / database / third-party API) compromise, not on-chain contract logic. Pre-deployment source review would not surface this; coverage lives in cloud-security + supply-chain audit, separate discipline.
▰ METHOD
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
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.

Forensic narrative

Celer said that cBridge's front-end interface suffered from DNS cache poisoning attacks. This attack targeted third-party DNS providers. Celer's own contract was not affected, and users who suffered losses in this incident, Celer, will be fully compensated. Attack method (per SlowMist): BGP Hijacking. Reported loss: 128.4 ETH.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/CelerNetwork/status/1560123830844411904
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Celer
bug_class
infrastructure
date_occurred
2022-08-18
loss_usd
source_id
sm:celer::2022-08-18
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