Hacker steals 223 million in Cetus Protocol cryptocurrency heist

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are returnedppThe project also announced a 5 million bounty to anyone providing relevant information leading to the identification and arrest of the attackerppCetus Protocol is a decentralized exchange DEX and liquidity protocol operating on the Sui and Aptos blockchainsppIt employs a Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker CLMM model allowing liquidity providers to allocate assets within specific price ranges enhancing capital efficiency and enabling advanced trading strategiesppCetus Protocol boasts a total trading volume of 57 billion as of May 2025 with over 15 million accounts executing 144 million trades on the platformppThe incident occurred yesterday initially prompting Cetus Protocol to pause its smart contract for investigationsppA few hours later the project confirmed the theft and that 162M of the compromised funds have been successfully pausedppppIn a later statement Cetus Protocol announced that the hacker had exploited a vulnerable package but no details have been disclosedppWe identified the root cause of the exploit and fixed the related package and informed ecosystem builders as fast as we could with help from ecosystem members to prevent other teams being affected stated Cetus ProtocolppAdditionally the platform noted that it has identified the attackers Ethereum wallet address and accounts and is working with third parties to trace and freeze funds Law enforcement has also been informedppCetus Protocol also offered the hacker a timesensitive whitehat settlement promising not to pursue legal action if the funds are returned To put more pressure on the attacker the project announced a 5 million bounty for information leading to the identification and the arrest of the hackerppppMeanwhile a significant 162 million was paused on the Sui blockchain following an emergency vote by the validatorsppBlockchain analytics company Elliptic published a report based on its visibility of the incident pointing to a flaw in the automated market maker AMM logic possibly involving pool price manipulation enabling flash loanstyle attacksppThe blockchain intelligence firm also offers an overview of the attackers fund movement attempts including swaps from USDT to USDC and crosschain movement from Suit to EthereumppElliptic is actively tracing the transactions from the initial exploit on Sui to the attackers wallets on Ethereum and the hackers address is flagged on all major exchanges and virtual asset service providers preventing laundering or transfer attemptsppPatching used to mean complex scripts long hours and endless fire drills Not anymoreppIn this new guide Tines breaks down how modern IT orgs are leveling up with automation Patch faster reduce overhead and focus on strategic work no complex scripts requiredppIsrael arrests new suspect behind Nomad Bridge 190M crypto hackppUS charges 12 more suspects linked to 230 million crypto theftppGermany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange seizes serversppGrinex exchange suspected rebrand 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