Balancer DAO — Cyber Attacks, Breaches & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
8
occurrences
First Seen
November 27, 2025
Last Seen
March 24, 2026

Balancer DAO is the decentralized autonomous organization that governs the Balancer DeFi protocol, an automated market maker on Ethereum.

Overview

Balancer DAO is the decentralized autonomous organization that governs the Balancer DeFi protocol, an automated market maker on Ethereum. It recently faced a major security incident—the Balancer V2 exploit—which drained roughly $128 million, prompting the DAO to pursue an $8 million recovery/reimbursement plan for liquidity providers (LPs) and to engage in governance-driven incident response to recoup funds.

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Balancer shutters for-profit entity after $128m hack as CEO says 'next 12 months will be ... — Dlnews · March 24, 2026
  • Balancer unveils $8M reimbursement plan for LPs after the $128M V2 exploit — Bitget · November 29, 2025
  • Balancer unveils $8M reimbursement plan for LPs after the $128M V2 exploit — Bitget · November 29, 2025
  • Balancer DAO Considers Proposal to Distribute $8 Million Recovered From Exploit — Unchainedcrypto · November 28, 2025
  • Balancer security incident update: DAO begins discussions on an $8 million recovery plan. — Panewslab · November 28, 2025
  • Balancer Outlines Reimbursement Plan Following $128M Exploit — Decrypt.Co · November 28, 2025
  • Balancer DAO Starts Discussing $8M Recovery Plan After $110M Exploit Cut TVL by Two — Finance.Yahoo · November 28, 2025
  • Balancer DAO Starts Discussing $8M Recovery Plan After $110M Exploit Cut TVL by Two — Coindesk · November 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown