Echo Protocol Suffers $76M eBTC Minting Attack

DeFi protocol Echo Protocol, which runs on the Monad blockchain, was compromised when an attacker minted around 1,000 eBTC without authorization. On Tuesday, the hacker created 1,000 synthetic Bitcoin (eBTC) with a value of around $76.7 million; both Lookonchain and analytics platform and blockchain security company PeckShield reported this. Echo Protocol said on Tuesday: “We