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Step Finance

Jan 31, 2026

$40.0M
Lost
$40.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$40.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered

On January 31, 2026, Step Finance suffered a $40 million operational loss when attackers compromised executive team devices, gaining unauthorized access to treasury and fee wallet signing keys/credentials. The protocol had no smart contract vulnerabilities.

Target
DeFi
Classification
Key Compromise
Technique
Private Key Compromised
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Solana

Event timeline

  1. Jan 31, 2026
    Exploit executed — $40.0M drained via private key compromised
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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