Verus Cross-Chain Bridge Exploit Drains $11.58M in Single Attack
Source: Mexc
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<p>A forged cross-chain transfer drained $11.58 million from the Verus-Ethereum bridge on May 18, 2026, exposing a missing validation check that security researchers say required less than $10 and roughly 10 lines of code to fix.</p> <p>Web3 security firm Blockaid flagged the exploit on May 18, 2026