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bZx, a DeFi lending protocol, was hit with a series of exploits. The attacks resulted in the loss of 3,581 ETH<\/a> worth nearly $1 million.<\/p>\n

A series of unfortunate events<\/h2>\n

On Feb. 14, the bZx team was alerted about a suspicious transaction<\/a> that allowed the perpetrator to net a whopping $300,000 in profits.<\/p>\n

Julien Bouteloup, founder of DeFi investment firm Stake Capital, explained<\/a> that a smart trader under the pseudonym dYdX took a 10,000 ETH flash loan to borrow 112 wrapped BTC<\/a> (wBTC) from Compound<\/a>. Witht the rest of the loan he was able to open a 5x short position against the \u201cETHBTC ratio\u201d on Fulcrum.<\/p>\n

Then, the individual went into Uniswap<\/a> to swap 51 wBTC. These series of events caused a \u201clarge slippage\u201d allowing the trader to exit his short position at profit and pay back the initial loan with the proceeds.<\/p>\n

\"Julien
Source: Twitter<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the exploit, bZx issued a statement<\/a> claiming that users funds were not affected. The team also vowed to implement multiple upgrades to ensure that this type of incidents do not happen again.<\/p>\n

bZx stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made the following upgrades using the administrator key to prevent this attack from occurring again. First, we addressed the condition that prevented the check from firing in the first place by requiring the check to take place even in the case of overcollateralized loans. Second, the ETHBTC margin tokens were delisted from the oracle token registry. Third, we implemented maximum trade sizes to limit the possible scope of any attack.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The different upgrades were targeting multiple vulnerabilities on the DeFi lending protocol. However, a second attack took place shortly after the system update. This time the trader took advantage of the protocol\u2019s own flash loans. He was able to walk away with 2,388 ETH.<\/p>\n

Larry Cermak, director of research at The Block, said<\/a> that the attacker took out a flash loan of 7,500 ETH to buy sUSD<\/a> at a price close to $1 and deposited the funds on bZx to use as collateral. Then, the individual used 900 ETH to market buy sUSD on Kyber<\/a> and Uniswap pushing the price to over $2.<\/p>\n

Once sUSD went up, the trader borrowed nearly 6,800 ETH against sUSD on bZx and repaid the flash loan. In the end, the anonymous attacker was able to profit approximately $645,000.<\/p>\n

\"Larry
Source: Twitter<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

bZx maintains<\/a> that the second exploit is the result of an \u201coracle manipulation attack\u201d. Nonetheless, the team was able to \u201cdelay the realization of the loss\u201d. This could allow the system to recover from this incident.<\/p>\n

These series of unfortunate events have opened up discussion in the crypto community regarding the high levels of centralization in DeFi applications and the danger of flash loans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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