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KelpDAO Suffers Attack, Losing 116,500 rsETH Tokens, Hacker Swaps for 106,466 ETH

KelpDAO Suffers Attack, Losing 116,500 rsETH Tokens, Hacker Swaps for 106,466 ETH

BlockBeats News, April 19th, according to on-chain analyst Wu Jinyu, KelpDAO was exploited in the early morning today, with 116,500 rsETH minted out of thin air, resulting in a loss of approximately $293 million.

Most of the rsETH was deposited into Aave as collateral to borrow ETH, while a small portion was directly sold for ETH. The hacker managed to obtain a total of 106,466 ETH through collateralization and selling (about $250 million).

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