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Incident · SLOWMIST

Rainbow Bridge

Fake NEAR blocks
Estimated loss
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
Undisclosed
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

Aurora Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko revealed that an attacker trying to steal funds from Rainbow Bridge was stopped in 31 seconds, losing 5 ETH in the process. Attack method (per SlowMist): Fake NEAR blocks. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/AlexAuroraDev/status/1520810591803293696
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Rainbow Bridge
bug_class
unknown
date_occurred
2022-08-20
loss_usd
source_id
sm:rainbow-bridge::2022-08-20
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