Verus-Ethereum Bridge Loses $11.5M as Attacker Swaps All Funds to ETH
Another cross-chain bridge has been drained. The Verus-Ethereum Bridge lost approximately $11.58 million. On May 17-18, 2026, in an exploit first flagged by Blockaid’s real-time detection system and confirmed by PeckShield. The attacker drained 103.6 tBTC, 1,625 ETH, and 147,000 USDC from the bridge’s reserves. All stolen funds were immediately swapped into 5,402.4 ETH. It is […]
