Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
AFX Bridge
Hack or exploit on Jul 22, 2026 · Validator Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$24.1M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#184
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On July 22, 2026, AFX Trade's Arbitrum bridge was exploited when the attacker obtained 5 of 7 validator private keys, bypassing the 2/3 multisig threshold and draining $24.15M in USDC. The attacker converted funds to ETH and consolidated them in a single wallet. AFX offered a 30% bounty for fund recovery.
Details
- Date
- Jul 22, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Validator Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Arbitrum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "AFX Bridge hack, Jul 22, 2026: $24.1M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht16c0aad0f5/ (data as of 2026-10-31).