BarnBridge Suffers Suspected Governance Attack, Nearly $776K Lost


The BarnBridge SMART Yield (cUSDC) protocol on Ethereum has suffered a suspected governance attack, with estimated losses of approximately $776,000.
* Security firm BlockSec detected the exploit through its Phalcon monitoring system.
* The attacker allegedly gained DAO governance control and upgraded the protocol's controller to a malicious contract.
* The malicious implementation exploited existing USDC approvals from around 50 user accounts.
* Stolen funds were aggregated and transferred to the attacker's address using the protocol's privileged functions.
The incident highlights the ongoing security risks surrounding DAO governance and privileged smart contract upgrades in DeFi
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