Radiant Capital Suffers $4.5M Flash Loan Attack

Radiant Capital is a blockchain-focused investment firm. It has suspended its DeFi lending operations on the Arbitrum network. This comes after a hacking incident caused a $4.5 million loss.

The exploiter caused the incident by using flash loans to manipulate the liquidity pools. This led to an unfair gain. Offchain Labs, developer of Arbitrum, released an update to plug the loophole exploited. The attack was not directly related to Arbitrum's security. However, Radiant Capital opted to halt DeFi lending to ensure the safety of their clients' funds.

Flash loan attacks have become a prevalent issue within the DeFi ecosystem. This threat involves borrowing vast sums of money from a lending platform without collateral. Then use it to manipulate the market price of certain tokens. This creates profitable arbitrage opportunities.

Following the attack, several measures were implemented to protect users' assets. These include adjusting the network's decentralized cap. DeGate has removed the RDT/ETH pair. Radiant has communicated with top exchanges and ChainSwap to prevent token sales. They are also launching the Monitoring Emergency System.

The attack was linked to using instant credit. The attacker took advantage of a "rounding problem" in the code base. This led to a cumulative accuracy error. As a result, the attacker made a profit. The attacker made repeated deposits and withdrawals of assets.

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