Ankr Ethereum cross-chain bridge was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $292,000

According to monitoring by Blockaid, the Ethereum cross-chain bridge of the node and staking infrastructure service provider Ankr is currently under attack, with losses amounting to approximately $292,000, and the attack is still ongoing.

The attacker initiated five withdrawal calls to the cross-chain bridge on Ethereum and used a small deposit on Optimism to unlock all assets locked in the cross-chain bridge and transfer them to a newly created address.