Wanchain's Cardano-to-BNB Chain bridge was exploited, resulting in the loss of approximately 515 million NIGHT tokens from its Cardano-side treasury. The Midnight Foundation confirmed the core Midnight network remains secure, attributing the incident solely to the third-party bridge infrastructure operated by Wanchain. The exploit caused a sharp 30% drop in NIGHT's price as investigations pointed to a possible signature reuse vulnerability in the TreasuryCheck validator used by the bridge. The incident highlights ongoing security risks in cross-chain bridges, with further investigation underway to fully understand the attack and prevent future breaches.
On July 21, 2026, a security breach on the Wanchain bridge linking Cardano and BNB Chain led to the theft of about 515 million NIGHT tokens worth $13 million. The exploit exploited a message encoding flaw, allowing attackers to amplify authorized tra...
Wanchain's Cardano-BNB Bridge was exploited due to a cryptographic flaw allowing attackers to reuse a legitimate signature to authorize fake withdrawals, resulting in the theft of 515 million NIGHT tokens worth $9 million. The vulnerability involved ...
Attackers exploited a signature reuse flaw in the Wanchain-operated Cardano–BNB Chain bridge, draining about 515 million NIGHT tokens worth $13 million. This caused the NIGHT token price to fall over 30% to a record low near $0.016. The breach was is...
The Midnight network's Wanchain Cardano-to-BNB cross-chain bridge was hacked, resulting in 515 million NIGHT tokens being stolen. The attacker sold a large portion, causing the wrapped NIGHT on BNB to become unbacked and the token price to plummet 32...
