In a latest series of DeFi hack, an attacker gained at least $3 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting Deus Finance, including 200,000 DAI and 1101.8 ETH, blockchain security and analytics company PeckShield reported Tuesday.

The blockchain security company explained that the hack was due to a flash-loan manipulation of a price oracle.
<blockquote><em>“<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The hack is made possible due to the flashloan-assisted manipulation of price oracle that reads the price from the pair of StableV1 AMM - USDC/DEI, so that even normal users unfortunately become insolvent!,</span>”</em> PeckShield wrote in a twitter thread.</blockquote>
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1503632734299701250

PeckShield also informed that the hackers funneled the funds to the cryptocurrency mixer TornadoCash through Multichain.

Shortly after, the team behind Deus Finance too confirmed about the exploit on Twitter explaining that the DEI lending contract has now been closed, and “both DEUS and DEI are unaffected.” The team also promised to provide updates as it goes on with its investigation.

https://twitter.com/DeusDao/status/1503652836978143242

DEUS Finance is a marketplace of DeFi services that allows customers to build synthetic stocks, trading platforms, and other instruments.

The hacking incident comes barely a day after the native cryptocurrency DEUS reached an all-time high (ATH) of $444.79, according to CoinGecko. At the moment, DEUS is currently trading at $318, a 23% price decline from the past 24 hours.

$3 Million in DAI and Ethereum Stolen from Deus Finance

A hacker has stoken at least $3 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting Deus Finance, blockchain security and analytics company PeckShield reported Tuesday. 

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$3 Million in DAI and Ethereum Stolen from Deus Finance

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