Aztec Suffers Second $2.1 Million Exploit in Less Than a Week

Aztec Suffers Second $2.1 Million Exploit in Less Than a Week

Privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 project Aztec has suffered its second security breach in less than a week, with attackers stealing approximately $2.15 million from the protocol's deprecated Private Rollup Bridge infrastructure. The latest incident was reported by SlowMist just days after a separate exploit drained another $2.1 million from Aztec Connect, bringing total losses across its legacy systems to more than $4 million within a single wee…

Aztec Hit With Second Security Breach, Days After Hackers Used Exploit to Steal $2.19 Million

Aztec has suffered a second security breach in under a week, with attackers exploiting a legacy bridge linked to its private rollup infrastructure and stealing more than $2.1 million in crypto assets. Aztec Labs said the attack affected an immutable smart contract tied to a discontinued product launched in 2022 and was unrelated to the earlier exploit. The incident has renewed concerns about the risks posed by deprecated smart contracts that con…

Aztec Network attacked twice in 3 days – Hacker drains $2.21M in digital assets

Are recurring exploits revealing more serious flaws in Aztec's rollup design architecture?

Aztec Legacy Bridge Loses 1,158 ETH In Second Drain This Week

An old Aztec Private Rollup Bridge contract lost 1,158 ETH after an attacker used its escapeHatch() function to withdraw funds from deprecated privacy infrastructure. The Ethereum transaction moved the ETH from the contract labeled Aztec: Private Rollup Bridge to the caller. The transfer was worth roughly $2 million based on ETH’s market price at the time. The affected contract sits at 0x737901bea3eeb88459df9ef1be8ff3ae1b42a2ba, a legacy bridge …

Another Network Faces Exploit: $2 Million in Crypto Stolen

An exploit targeting Aztec Network’s Private Rollup Bridge resulted in the theft of more than $2 million in crypto assets, raising fresh concerns about bridge security.

Aztec Network loses over $4 million in three days to two subsequent hacks

Legacy Aztec Network contracts were drained of over $4M in three days. Attacks exploited flaws in zero-knowledge proof verification logic. The core Aztec network and AZTEC token were not affected by the exploits. Aztec’s legacy infrastructure has come under a coordinated wave of attacks, leading to losses that crossed $4 million within just three days. The exploits targeted deprecated smart contracts that had already been shut down years earlier…