Wasabi Protocol suffered a $5.5 million hack! The attacker gained administrator privileges through the wallet contract.

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DeFi leverage trading protocol Wasabi Protocol has suffered a security exploit. According to blockchain security firm CertiK, approximately $5.5 million in funds have been stolen. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacker gained privileged roles through Wasabi's deployer wallet to launch the attack, and the stolen funds are currently dispersed across multiple addresses. (Previous coverage: Ledger CTO warns: 2026 will be the worst year for hackers, DeFi single-signature architecture harbors systemic risks) (Background: Another DeFi protocol hacked? Lending protocol Moonwell suspected of being hacked, losses exceed $1 million) Update on the evening of April 30: The confirmed stolen amount has risen to $5.5 million. According to a CertiK monitoring report on April 30, approximately $2.9 million in funds had been stolen at that time. Preliminary investigations show that the attacker gained wallet permissions via Wasabi's deployer wallet, subsequently launching an attack on the protocol. DeFi leverage trading protocol Wasabi Protocol has been hit by a security attack. According to blockchain security firm: We have seen an exploit involving @wasabi_protocol. ~$2.9M drained so far https://t.co/lSWYPc64FE — CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) April 30, 2026 The stolen funds are currently dispersed across multiple addresses, with 0xb8Bb...70dB holding approximately $677,000, 0x6244...f906 holding approximately $1.1 million, and the remaining funds distributed across other addresses. The incident is still under investigation, and the Wasabi Protocol team has not yet issued an official response as of press time. Wasabi Protocol is a DeFi protocol that supports leverage trading for memecoins and NFTs, deployed on Ethereum, Blast, and Base. In June 2024, it completed a $3 million seed round led by Electric Capital, with other investors including Alliance, Memeland, and Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz. The term "gaining privileged roles through the deployer wallet" implies that the attacker may have exploited administrative permissions left behind during the protocol's deployment; this type of attack vector is not uncommon in the DeFi space.

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