November 2, 2022

Solend Suffered $1.26 Million Market Manipulation Attack

Solend, a Solana-based lending protocol, on Wednesday suffered $1.26 million market manipulation attack

The attak was noted by security firm PeckShield.

Solend runs a decentralized lending system that allows users to borrow and earn interest on crypto assets with the help of lending pools.

The platform confirmed that the hackers targeted 3 lending pools that held Hubble stablecoins, Coin98 tokens and Kamino tokens. 

“An oracle attack on USDH affecting the Stable, Coin98, and Kamino isolated pools was detected, resulting in $1.26M in bad debt,” Solend tweeted.

The affected pools have been frozen after the incident while other lending pools remained unaffected, the Solend further clarified. 

According to the Solend team, the attacker took advantage of an issue in the project's price-data oracle — a system used to track the prices of different crypto assets.