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Security incident · 2023-04-13

Yearn Finance

According to the public DefiLlama incident dataset, Yearn Finance (Ethereum) suffered a security incident on 2023-04-13, with about $11.5M reported lost.

Date2023-04-13
Reported loss$11.5M
ChainEthereum
Target typeDeFi Protocol
Technique classOracle Manipulation
TechniqueOracle Misconfiguration
Bridge incidentNo
Within 2023#23 by loss that year, 0.7% of all reported losses that year

How this kind of attack works

The price feed the protocol relied on was pushed off for a short time, and the attacker borrowed or swapped at the distorted price.

Would a pre-payment check have helped

Needs other controls

Oracle manipulation is a price-feed design problem.

Other incidents with the same technique

Sources

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