Orbit Chain’s bridge was reportedly hacked for $81.5 million.

Orbit Bridge, a cross-chain bridge protocol, has experienced an unusual outflow of $81.5 million in multiple cryptocurrencies in what appears to be a large-scale hack.

In five separate transactions, each with a new wallet, Orbit Bridge received $50 million of stablecoins (30 million Tether, 10 million DAI, 10 million USDC), 231 wBTC (about $10 million), and 9,500 eth (about 21.5 million USD). dollars) was sent. . The hack was first discovered by X user Kgjr.

This bridge appears to be closely related to the bridge. clayton clay

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ecosystem; Clayton’s Explorer shows that nine of the top ten tokens on the network by market capitalization are Orbit Bridge wrapped assets.

The exact nature of the hack is not yet known and Orbit Chain could not immediately be reached for comment by The Block.

This is a developing story.

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