Unattributed: Market event

TL;DR: An attacker funneled over $1 billion in borrowed assets through Aave markets to execute an exploit against Balancer V1. The financial operation drained approximately $250,000 from Balancer, while the Aave protocol suffered no direct capital losses. The address involved in the incident received preliminary funding tied to Tornado Cash hours prior to executing the ... Read more

Evidence boundary

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Sources

• https://crypto-economy.com/balancer-exploit-exposes-defi-monitoring-gaps-blockaid-says/

Record history

First seen: 2026-10-22T23:08:43.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-23T06:27:11.412Z. Revision: 2.