​Verus-Ethereum Bridge hit with an $11.6 million exploit

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), May 18, 2026, 07:56 UTC

​Verus-Ethereum Bridge hit with an $11.6 million exploit The attacker drained 103.6 tBTC, 1,625 ETH, and 147,000 USDC from the bridge contract, then immediately swapped assets into 5,402.4 ETH worth ~$11.4M, which are currently held at his address. The attacker's wallet was seeded with 1 ETH via Tornado Cash approximately 14 hours before the exploit began, a standard operational security pattern used to obscure the origin of funds before executing an attack. 👉 x.com/peckshield/status/2056183051357495735?s=20

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