Verus Bridge exploit (2026-05-17) — attacker addresses
- Scam type: Hack
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Reported: 2026-10-15
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
Verus Bridge exploit on Ethereum, 2026-05-17. DeFiHackLabs summary: VerusBridge - Insufficient Validation. Loss as recorded by DeFiHackLabs: ~$11.58M. Addresses below are copied verbatim from the DeFiHackLabs proof-of-concept header for this incident, where they are explicitly labeled (attacker = attacker EOA; attack contract = contract deployed/used by the attacker): - 0x5abb91b9c01a5ed3ae762d32b236595b459d5777 — labeled "attacker" (Ethereum; https://etherscan.io/address/0x5abb91b9c01a5ed3ae762d32b236595b459d5777) - 0x65cb8b128bf6e690761044cceca422bb239c25f9 — labeled "attack contract"…
Other addresses in this report: 0x5abb91b9c01a5ed3ae762d32b236595b459d5777