Zklend’s XLIND lending protocol lost more than $ 9 million after the infiltrators used smart contracts for the protocol.
According to February 12 advertisementThe Starknet protocol informed the security incident earlier today, noting that its internal team was investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, Zklend has suspended all the withdrawals and launched an investigation into cooperation with many security teams, including StarkNet Foundation, Starkware, Binance Security Team and Hypernative Labs, along with the application of law.
Beyond death has not yet been published on how to spread exploitation.
Initial estimates from security company Cyvers are estimated at $ 4.9 million, but later to updateThe company said that the total loss exceeded 9 million dollars.
According to the stolen assets of the attacker, the stolen assets were stated to Ethereum and tried to wash it through the confusion service that focuses on privacy.
However, due to the internal policies of Railgun, part of the money has been returned to its original title.
Recovery efforts
In addition to the ongoing investigations, at ZKLEND Display Pirates White Hat reward.
The project sent a message to the series to the attacker, and suggested that they keep 10 % of the stolen assets without any legal action if they return the remaining 90 %.
With this, Zklend hopes to recover 3300 ETH or about 8.6 million dollars in current market prices.
Such rewards are often presented by the DEFI’s exploits, and in a few cases, leading to money recovery.
For example, after Aleler’s financial penetration for $ 196 million in March 2023, the protocol offered a $ 1 million bonus on top; The infiltrator eventually negotiated with Urs and returned most of the stolen money.
For the ZKLEND accident, the infiltrator has until 00:00 UAE time on February 14 to respond, after which the project pledged to escalate the law and intensify the efforts made to follow.
DEFI II exploitation this week
Today’s exploitation is the second main attack within the DEFI area this week. Just one day ago, the Meme Coin DePloyer Fourmee -based BNB series was exploited to the BNB series, which led to the launch of the liquidity gathering on a protocol on Pancakeswap.
However, the losses caused by the attack were much less severe, as almost early estimates of BNB codes of $ 20,000 were drained.
As I mentioned earlier by Invezz, Crypto Hacks jumped over nine times in January 2025 compared to the previous month. More than 73 million dollars were stolen by bad actors, although the number reflects a 44 % decrease compared to Panaire 2023.
The BNB series was the most targeted series, with 10 reported attacks, followed by Ethereum.
Zklend, who is based in Starcank
