Aave wasn’t: Security incident

A Binance-linked attacker borrowed from Aave before emergency controls took effect. The response stopped new deposits as lenders withdrew, pushed up borrowing costs and reopened a debate over how much disruption emergency safeguards should impose on other users. Aave has…

Evidence boundary

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Sources

• https://crypto.news/aave-wasnt-hacked-why-did-its-users-face-restrictions/

Record history

First seen: 2026-10-31T12:00:00.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-31T15:17:19.552Z. Revision: 1.