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Lido Dodges Disaster: Ethereum Staking Titan Loses Just 1.4 ETH in Failed Hack Attack
Lido Dodges Disaster: Ethereum Staking Titan Loses Just 1.4 ETH in Failed Hack Attack
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Lido Finance—the $30B behemoth dominating Ethereum staking—just survived a hacking attempt with barely a scratch. Attackers walked away with a laughable 1.4 ETH ($4,200 at current prices), proving even crypto’s ’safest’ yield traps aren’t bulletproof.
Security win or warning sign? The breach exploited a front-end vulnerability, not the protocol’s core—sparing Lido the existential crisis rivals like Wormhole faced. Whitehats contained the damage in minutes.
Meanwhile, TradFi bankers watching from their glass towers: ’Only $4K stolen? That’s less than our team spends on artisanal coffee during a liquidity crisis.’
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