Fraud Recovery

Cross-Chain DeFi Hack Recovery

When a DeFi protocol was exploited through a novel cross-chain attack, our blockchain forensics team traced the movement of assets and worked with exchanges to freeze and recover a significant portion of the stolen cryptocurrency.

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Cross-Chain DeFi Hack Recovery
DeFi Protocol78% recovered

Client type

DeFi Protocol

Asset value

$850K

Recovery rate

78%

Resolution time

31 days

01

The challenge

A decentralized finance protocol suffered a sophisticated cross-chain exploit that resulted in approximately $850,000 of investor funds being stolen. The attacker utilized multiple chains and anonymizing techniques to obscure the trail of funds.

02

Our solution

Our forensic team analyzed on-chain data across five different blockchains to trace the flow of assets. We identified when portions of the stolen funds were sent to centralized exchanges and immediately coordinated with our exchange contacts to flag the suspicious transactions.

03

The result

We successfully identified the exchange deposit addresses used by the attacker and worked with exchange security teams to freeze funds. This coordinated effort resulted in the recovery of approximately 78% of the stolen assets.

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