The official cross-chain bridge of BNB Chain was attacked by hackers, resulting in actual losses exceeding 100 million dollars

Chain Catcher news, the official bridge of BNB Chain, Binance Bridge, has suffered a hacker attack. The BNB Chain official tweeted that due to abnormal activities, the operation of BNB Chain has been suspended. The preliminary estimate of the funds extracted by the hacker from BNB Chain is between 70 million and 80 million dollars, and with the help of internal and external security partners, it is estimated that 7 million dollars have been frozen.

Zhao Changpeng tweeted that the attacker exploited a vulnerability in the cross-chain bridge BSC Token Hub, resulting in the generation of additional BNB for the attack, and has requested all validators to suspend the BSC network. According to statistics, the actual loss exceeds 100 million dollars.

Previously, an independent analyst from CIA Officer stated on social media that the attack involved 1.04 million BNB, 389 million dollars worth of venusBNB, and 28 million dollars in BUSD, totaling 718 million dollars in assets transferred to the hacker's address. (source link)