DeFi Forced Towards Controls After $16.5B Exploits
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The recent rsETH crisis, which resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave despite no contract failures, underscores the growing vulnerability of DeFi infrastructure to off-chain attacks. In this incident, attackers linked to Lazarus compromised RPC nodes via DDoS and injected false data into KelpDAO's DVN configuration, highlighting that security risks extend beyond smart contract bugs. The cumulative $16.5 billion lost to exploits is now pushing the DeFi ecosystem toward the controls it once resisted, including oracles, governance safeguards, and more robust infrastructure. This trend may reduce decentralization but could enhance resilience against sophisticated attacks.
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