DeFi Exploit: Wintermute - REKT
- 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 Date: 06/05/2022 Loss: $27,600,000 USD Tags: Wintermute, Optimism, REKT Summary: The glass is half-empty for Wintermute who have lost 20M OP, worth ~$27.6M at the time of the incident. In an already struggling market, actions such as these make it hard to remain Optimistic. Exploit/attacker addresses extracted from on-chain analysis and incident reports. Reference: https://rekt.news/wintermute-rekt Source: https://de.fi/rekt-database
Other addresses in this report: 0x4f3a120e72c76c22ae802d129f599bfdbc31cb81, 0xe7145dd6287ae53326347f3a6694fcf2954bcd8a, 0x8bcfe4f1358e50a1db10025d731c8b3b17f04dbb, 0x60b28637879b5a09d21b68040020ffbf7dba5107