Solana-Based Protocol ‘Crema Finance’ Exploited for $8.7 Million, Services Suspended
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Solana-Based Protocol ‘Crema Finance’ Exploited for $8.7 Million, Services Suspended
Solana-based liquidity protocol Crema Finance has announced via Twitter that it suffered a US$8.7 million hack and has suspended its services to investigate the incident. Crema is said to be working with blockchain audits platform OtterSec to investigate the hack. According to OtterSec, the hacker used Solend (a Solana-based lending platform) flashloans to drain the protocol’s pool.
Apparently, the hacker was able to circumvent Crema's security procedures by implementing an "on-chain program" and subsequently implementing flash loans. Crema Finance is not related to Crema Finance, another DeFi protocol that has faced many exploits in the past.
The hacker allegedly used six flash loans to take advantage of the protocol. Flashloons are a common tool in the DeFi ecosystem. Another recent victim of a flash loan exploit was Inverse Finance, an Ethereum-based protocol that lost US$1.2 million. And about 10 weeks ago, Beanstalk, a credit-based stablecoin on Ethereum, lost over US$180 million in a flash loan exploit.