Truebit hit by $26m exploit as attackers increasingly target older DeFi protocols

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Truebit Exploited for $26M as Older DeFi Protocols Face Increased Attacks Truebit, an Ethereum-based verification protocol, was exploited for $26 million due to a bug in its code. This incident is part of a trend where attackers are increasingly targeting older decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, following a similar exploit of $128 million from the Balancer protocol in November. 2 sources 31