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Mango Markets Loses $100M, Attacker Proposing Treasury Liquidation

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Hacks and exploits in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector have not slowed during this bear market and Mango Markets has become the latest victim.

The Solana-based DeFi trading platform Mango Markets is the latest victim of a large exploit that has resulted in the loss of as much as $100 million.

In the early hours of Oct. 12, the protocol tweeted that it was investigating an incident where a hacker was able to drain funds by manipulating oracle prices:

We are currently investigating an incident where a hacker was able to drain funds from Mango via an oracle price manipulation.

We are taking steps to have third parties freeze funds in flight. 1/

— Mango (@mangomarkets) October 11, 2022

A self-funded attack on Mango Markets

DeFi sleuths at blockchain security firm OtterSec broke down the attack confirming that it d

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