DeFi Exploit: Wintermute - REKT 2
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Reported: 2026-04-27
- Last updated: 2026-04-27
DeFi Exploit: Wintermute - REKT 2 Date: 09/20/2022 Loss: $162,300,000 USD Tags: Wintermute, Profanity, REKT Summary: Wintermute have lost over $160M to their second incident this summer. Using a vanity address for "gas savings" has cost them dearly. Last time, funds were returned, will Wintermute get lucky again? Exploit/attacker addresses extracted from on-chain analysis and incident reports. Reference: https://rekt.news/wintermute-rekt-2 Source: https://de.fi/rekt-database
Other addresses in this report: 0x6c3f90f043a72fa612cbac8115ee7e52bde6e490, 0xe74b28c2eae8679e3ccc3a94d5d0de83ccb84705, 0x6ae09ac63487fcf63117a6d6fafa894473d47b93, 0x87969ef4811981b72a7d05d647281c8ece046beb, 0xaa030f95c338c604550d5d2000146c013b406ae0, 0x00000000ae347930bd1e7b0f35588b92280f9e75, 0x0000000fe6a514a32abdcdfcc076c85243de899b