The platform acknowledged the exploit and said the attack targeted three lending pools that held Hubble stablecoins, Coin98 tokens and Kamino tokens. “An oracle attack on USDH affecting the Stable, Coin98, and Kamino isolated pools was detected, resulting in $1.26M in bad debt,” Solend tweeted.
#PeckShieldAlert Solend has detected an oracle attack, resulting in ~$1.26M in bad debt. Affected pools have already been disabled. https://t.co/o7DNdVYPoo pic.twitter.com/1y650fkaFR
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) November 2, 2022
An oracle attack on USDH affecting the Stable, Coin98, and Kamino isolated pools was detected, resulting in $1.26M in bad debt. All other pools including the Main pool are safe.
— 🙏🚫 Solend (we're hiring!) (@solendprotocol) November 2, 2022
Affected pools have been disabled and exchanges have been notified of the exploiter's address.
The three affected pools have been frozen after the incident. All other lending pools remained unaffected, the Solend further clarified.
According to the Solend team, the attacker took advantage of an issue in the project's price-data oracle — a system used to track the prices of different crypto assets.
Malicious actors generally target lending protocols where they may inflate the price of certain crypto assets and borrow other assets with the intention of never repaying the borrowed amount. This results in bad debt, or debt that is unlikely to be paid back.
