Explained: The Verus-Ethereum Bridge Hack (May 2026)
Source: Halborn
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<p>In May 2026, the Verus Protocol suffered a hack targeting its Verus-Ethereum cross-chain bridge. The attacker exploited poor validation on the bridge to steal an estimated $11.58 million.</p> <p>The root cause of this attack was that, while both sides of the cross-chain bridge performed validatio