Taiko bridge exploited
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June 22, 2026
The Taiko bridge, which allows assets to be transferred between the Ethereum mainnet and the Taiko Ethereum layer-2 chain, was exploited for at least $1.7 million before the network was halted, limiting losses. An attacker was able to forge withdrawal requests to appear as though they matched real deposits. Crypto security firm BlockSec said that the attacker may have gained access to a signing key that had been exposed on GitHub. Tweet by BlockSec Phalcon
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