Decentralised exchange KyberSwap confirmed this morning's hack (the 23rd). The community discloses an address (0xc9b...) suspected of accessing assets worth up to approximately $47 million from the DEX.
Official Confirmation
KyberSwap posted on X,
"We regret to inform you that KyberSwap Elastic has experienced a security incident."
Hacker's Response
A transaction contained a message purportedly sent by the attacker, stating:
"Dear Kyberswap Developers, Employees, DAO members and LPs, Negotiations will start in a few hours when I am fully rested. Thank you."
It seems intentional to act as a white-hat hacker and discuss the subsequent steps with the authorities.
Response in Community
0xngmi, a pseudonymous employee at crypto data site DefiLlama, commented on X,
"i looked into the tx and dont think its an approval issue with kyber aggregator, seems like hacker is just draining the kyber LP pools (TVL is 72M)"
He further mentioned that the protocol's total locked value stands at $72 million, seemingly unaffected.
KNC Fall Sharply
The price of Kyber Network Crystal (KNC)fell sharply on the news of the possible exploit.