{"id":181556,"date":"2023-09-20T01:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=181556"},"modified":"2023-09-20T01:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:39:18","slug":"defi-protocol-balancer-frontend-is-under-attack-users-urged-to-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/defi-protocol-balancer-frontend-is-under-attack-users-urged-to-stay-away\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFi protocol Balancer frontend is under attack, users urged to stay away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has confirmed its user interface is currently &#8220;under an attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users to not interact with Balancer&#8217;s protocol until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Balancer said the details of the attack are under investigation. The firm hasn&#8217;t confirmed whether user funds are safe at this point in time.<\/p>\n<p>However, one blockchain analyst, ZachXBT claims $238,000 was stolen within the first 30 minutes of Balancer breaking the news.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Breaking: \u2018All funds are at risk&#8217; \u2014 Steadefi exploited in ongoing attack<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the second theft from Balancer in a month, after it warned of a critical vulnerability on Aug. 22, which resulted in a $2 million exploit several days later.<\/p>\n<p>Cointelegraph attempted to access Balancer&#8217;s website but was hit with a warning sign:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-09\/420bfa84-3eba-4051-8a78-8fdf358d3da5.png\"><\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine: Recursive inscriptions: Bitcoin \u2018supercomputer\u2019 and BTC DeFi coming soon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/defi-protocol-balancer-hit-with-frontend-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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