Leaderboard
1316All-time rank
Vara Bridge
Oct 19, 2026
$13K
Lost
$13K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$13K
Unrecovered0% recovered
An attacker reportedly exploited Vara Bridge's cross-chain proof verification process to submit fraudulent Merkle roots representing outbound messages from Vara. These roots allegedly enabled unauthorized messages to be processed on Ethereum, resulting in approximately $12,776 in losses.
- Target
- Bridge
- Classification
- Bridge & Cross-Chain
- Technique
- Proof Verifier Bug
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- Oct 19, 2026Exploit executed — $13K drained via proof verifier bug
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%