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RugPull News • May 19, 2026
HIGH RISK
Echo Protocol Hit by $76M eBTC Minting Exploit on Monad
Compromised admin key let attacker mint 1,000 unauthorized eBTC ($76M) on Monad. Only ~$816K extracted via Curvance before Echo burned remaining tokens.
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May 18, 2026
Verus-Ethereum Bridge Drained of $11.5M via Forged Transfer Exploit
May 16, 2026
KelpDAO $292M Exploit Fallout Forces DeFi Infrastructure Reckoning
May 15, 2026
THORChain Halts Trading After $10.8M Multi-Chain Vault Exploit
May 5, 2026
Ekubo DEX Users Lose $1.4M in WBTC Approval-Based Exploit
Mar 15, 2026
Aragon (ANT) Drops 93% in 24 Hours — Investigation Report
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RugPull News • May 18, 2026
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Verus-Ethereum Bridge Drained of $11.5M via Forged Transfer Exploit
Attacker forged a cross-chain transfer to drain $11.5M from the Verus-Ethereum bridge, swapping stolen tBTC, ETH, and USDC into 5,402 ETH via Uniswap.
RugPull News • May 16, 2026
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KelpDAO $292M Exploit Fallout Forces DeFi Infrastructure Reckoning
KelpDAO's $292M exploit forces DeFi reckoning: LayerZero admits 1-of-1 verifier failure, Kelp migrates to Chainlink, and North Korean attribution confirmed.
RugPull News • May 15, 2026
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THORChain Halts Trading After $10.8M Multi-Chain Vault Exploit
A rogue validator node exploited a GG20 TSS vulnerability to drain $10.8M from THORChain Asgard vaults across nine chains. Over 12,000 wallets affected.
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RugPull News • May 5, 2026
HIGH RISK
Ekubo DEX Users Lose $1.4M in WBTC Approval-Based Exploit
Callback validation flaw in Ekubo's EVM routers let attackers drain $1.4M in WBTC via 85 rapid transactions. Only users with active approvals affected.
RugPull News Investigation • Mar 15, 2026
MEDIUM RISK
Aragon (ANT) Drops 93% in 24 Hours — Investigation Report
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HotKeySwap (HOTKEY) Drops 100% in 24 Hours — Investigation Report
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Vignesh Karunanidhi • Mar 14, 2026
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CZ goes after Etherscan for displaying spam transactions from address poisoning scams
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