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Cysic halted bridge after unauthorized mint of 10M CYS on BNB chain

About 2.8M CYS were frozen at recipient address, mainnet unaffected.

About 7.2M CYS sold for 588 315 USDT plus 220 BNB before freeze.

First reported Oct 18, 2026, 10:53 UTC

Source reports

  • Cysic bridge exploited for unauthorized minting of 10M CYS on BNB Smart Chain; bridge suspended - 𝕏/@cysic_fdn 🔗 Discord · Leviathan · Source 🗺️ suspended · Bridges · $BNB 🕵️ @Danicjade via 🌊 Tsunami — Rickler Feed, Oct 18, 2026, 10:53 UTC
  • Cysic bridge exploited for unauthorized minting of 10M CYS on BNB Smart Chain; bridge suspended - 𝕏/@cysic_fdn 🔗 Discord · Leviathan · Source 🗺️ suspended · Bridges · $BNB 🕵️ @Danicjade via 🌊 Tsunami — Закрепи.sender, Oct 18, 2026, 10:53 UTC
  • CYSIC HALTS BRIDGE AFTER UNAUTHORIZED 10 MILLION $CYS MINT Some tokens were sold before the recipient was blacklisted; about 2.8 million $CYS remain frozen. Cysic says its mainnet was unaffected. Read more here… — @DefiantNews (X), Oct 18, 2026, 11:16 UTC
  • Cysic suspends bridge after attacker mints tokens and moves $727,000 to Ethereum — Закрепи.sender, Oct 18, 2026, 16:08 UTC
  • Cysic halted bridge after unauthorized mint of 10M CYS on BNB chain About 2.8M CYS frozen at recipient address Mainnet unaffected, security review underway — @PopaRecon (X), Oct 18, 2026, 16:30 UTC
  • 🏴‍☠️ #CYS Cysic: 17 октября произошел инцидент, связанный с несанкционированным выпуском 10 млн CYS через мост Cysic. Наша команда оперативно отреагировала на ситуацию. Кошельки пользователей и работа основной сети не пострадали. Работа моста приостановлена до завершения… — КриптоАтака 24 ⚡️, Oct 18, 2026, 17:19 UTC
  • 🏴‍☠️ #CYS Cysic: 17 октября произошел инцидент, связанный с несанкционированным выпуском 10 млн CYS через мост Cysic. Наша команда оперативно отреагировала на ситуацию. Кошельки пользователей и работа основной сети не пострадали. Работа моста приостановлена до завершения… — Закрепи.sender, Oct 18, 2026, 17:20 UTC
  • 🚨 REKT: Cysic halted its bridge after an attacker exploited a flaw to mint 10M CYS on BNB Chain, with about 2.8M still frozen in the hacker's wallet. What's the real damage? https://cointelegraph.com/news/cysic-crypto-bridge-halted-after-unauthorized-mint-of-10m-cys — @Cointelegraph (X), Oct 18, 2026, 18:30 UTC

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