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9.5 — CRITICAL
Hackers steal $23.7 million in crypto from Ostium in off-chain attack
The Ostium trading platform announced that an attacker stole $23.75 million from its liquidity provider vault last week, after compromising off-chain infrastructure used to feed prices into the protocol. [...]
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🔍Threat Overview
Hackers exploited Ostium's off-chain infrastructure, submitting illegitimate price reports and rapidly opening and closing large positions to steal $23.7 million in crypto.
⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
Ostium trading platformArbitrum finance-native blockchain scaling solution
Attack Vectors
Submission of illegitimate price reportsRapidly opening and closing large positions
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: critical
Who Is at Risk
Liquidity providers on Ostium trading platform
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Monitor Ostium's website for updates on the incident and any potential fixes
2Implement additional security measures to prevent similar attacks on off-chain infrastructure
3Regularly review and update SIEM and EDR rules to detect similar attack vectors
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