Security Alert: Drift Under Attack Over $220 Million in Assets Suspiciously Transferred

BlockBeats News, April 2nd, according to LookIntoChain monitoring, Solana ecosystem DeFi protocol Drift Protocol suffered a major attack, with preliminary estimates of about $220 million to $270 million in assets suspiciously transferred to the address "HkGz4K," with a portion subsequently bridged to the Ethereum chain to buy ETH. As of now, 19,913 ETH has been purchased, totaling $42.6 million. The attacker also converted some of the stolen SOL to ETH on Hyperliqud and transferred some stolen SOL to Binance.

According to onchainschool.pro monitoring, the hacker's stolen assets currently break down as follows:

USDC worth $60.4 million;

JLP worth $1.556 billion;

cbBTC worth $11.3 million;

USDT worth $5.65 million;

USDS worth $5.3 million;

wETH worth $4.7 million;

wBTC worth $4.4 million;

along with various other assets.

Drift Protocol's official statement indicates that they are aware of the unusual activity and are currently investigating. Please refrain from depositing funds into Drift during this investigation. This is not an April Fools' joke. Please proceed with caution until further notice. Drift Protocol will release the latest information through official channels.