Decentralized exchanges Velodrome and Aerodome have once again warned users that their websites have been compromised, just days after a similar attack occurred on November 29.
that much airfield and velodrome The team shared the same message on X’s account: “It looks like our provider has been exploited again,” and urged users to avoid interacting with the website.
Within hours, access was restored and both accounts again shared the same message: “The domain has been restored again and is locked at the TLD level pending transfer to a new provider.” Both teams also noted that the distributed frontend remained uncompromised.
According to domain name registration records, the websites for both projects were managed by Porkbun. Aerodome, Velodrome and Porkbun could not immediately be reached for comment.
Aerodrome, which operates on top of the Ethereum Layer 2 network, claimed: In the past, it was a “separate and independent entity” from Velodrome, running on Ethereum L2. OP
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Mainnet (formerly Optimism). According to DefiLlama, each exchange is the largest exchange on its network by TVL. data.
There is no official statement on the impact of the attack on user assets. However, blockchain detective ZachXBT estimated the amount to be over $100,000.
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