Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Rainbow Bridge
Hack or exploit on Aug 20, 2022 · Fake NEAR blocks
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Aurora Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko revealed that an attacker trying to steal funds from Rainbow Bridge was stopped in 31 seconds, losing 5 ETH in the process.
Details
- Date
- Aug 20, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Fake NEAR blocks
- How in
- Bridge and cross-chain
- Target
- Bridge
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Rainbow Bridge hack, Aug 20, 2022: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4d057ed42c/ (data as of 2026-10-31).