$14 Million Gone in Yearn Finance Exploit
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DeFi lending protocol Yearn Finance has been hit by an exploit that has affected a DAI lending pool, according to its Twitter account.
The tweet, posted at around 5 PM Eastern US time, states: “We have noticed the v1 yDAI vault has suffered an exploit. The exploit has been mitigated. Full report to follow.”
Yearn developer banteg, one of the administrators of the DeFi protocol’s website, followed with a few more details: “Yearn DAI v1 vault got exploited, the attacker got away with $2.8m, the vault lost $11m. Deposits into strategies disabled for v1 DAI, TUSD, USDC, USDT vaults while we investigate.”
Yearn DAI v1 vault got exploited, the attacker got away with $2.8m, the vault lost $11m. Deposits into strategies disabled for v1 DAI, TUSD, USDC, USDT vaults while we investigate. pic.twitter.com/1RWYyu0d5m
— banteg (@bantg) February 4, 2021
The trading price for the YFI governance token fell sharply on the news, plummeting from $34,700 to $30,500 in minutes (though it’s now rebounding).
This story will be updated as it develops.
