Binance Smart Chain DeFi Protocol Qubit Finance Exploited, Hacker Steals $80 Million

Making strong claims to be the future of finance, decentralized finance, popularly known as DeFi, has gained massive success, with the defi sector currently holding more than $220 billion.

In making strong claims of being the future of finance, decentralized finance, popularly known as DeFi, has gained massive success, with the DeFi sector currently holding more than $220 billion.

Despite their successes, decentralized protocols have become prime targets for cybercriminals. According to Immunefi, funds lost to DeFi hacks and scams in 2021 exceeded $10.2 billion.

Following a report on January 28th, Qubit Finance now joins the list of ever-growing DeFi protocols to suffer a major exploit.

Qubit Finance Exploited for $80 Million 

Qubit Finance, a DeFi lending and borrowing protocol on the Binance Smart Chain, was exploited on January 28th, with the hacker making away with over 206,809 BNB ($80 million) from its lending pools.

Developers of Qubit Finance reported that “the hacker minted unlimited xETH to borrow on BSC.” According to Qubit, its team is currently working with security and network partners on its next steps.

Following a post-mortem on Qubit Finance’s chain, security firm Certik reported that the attacker had utilized a deposit option in the QBridge contract to illegally mint 77,162 qXETH.

PeckShield adds that the hacker used them to drain the entire store of BNB held on QBridge. According to data, Qubit’s hack is the seventh-largest DeFi exploit by the quantity of funds stolen.

On the Flipside

  • The Qubit Finance team has sent an on-chain message to the hacker, offering a bounty of $250,000 in return for the stolen funds.

Why You Should Care

While hacks, scams, rug-pulls, and protocol exploits are common within the crypto sector, their presence has raised concerns, and calls for the stiffer regulation of cryptocurrencies have risen as a result.

This article is for information purposes only and should not be considered trading or investment advice. Nothing herein shall be construed as financial, legal, or tax advice. Trading forex, cryptocurrencies, and CFDs pose a considerable risk of loss.

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Milko Trajcevski is a DailyCoin news reporter, mainly focused on Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and their founders (Vitalik Buterin and Charles Hoskinson). Milko is an avid follower of crypto and blockchain technology and has written thousands of articles on the subjects. He finds joy in transforming complex issues into written content that anyone can understand. Milko has used and analyzed numerous exchanges, such as Coinbase, FTX, and Binance. He also closely follows all of the latest news around the largest decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Location: Skopje, Macedonia