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Attacker: Hedera Wallet A: 0x9A4966152F6e10b33Cb7a37975e8619816d6a494. Ethereum cash-out wallet: 0xaf20D792A19fD42dCf697ceBa6100291D96dD93e (funded by Tornado.Cash 0.1 ETH ~10h pre-attack; portfolio snapshot post-swaps: ~2,284 ETH + 15.577 WBTC = ~$5.11M via Arkham).
Timeline: ~4 days pre-attack (July 7): attacker Ethereum EOA funded 1 ETH from Tornado Cash. July 11, 2026 ~00:51:39 UTC (Hedera block): attacker deposits 250 SAUCE on Bonzo Lend, then submits a Supra oracle price update carrying a zeroed BLS signature. Both the signature point and the referenced public key resolve to zero, causing the BLS pairing check on the Hedera precompile to return true — the verifier accepts an invalid submission because a critical security check was not executed before the pairing step. SAUCE price is inflated ~12 orders of magnitude. +8 seconds: attacker borrows 6.63M USDC + 34.52M wHBAR against the artificially inflated collateral. ~01:36 UTC: legitimate SAUCE price restored to 0.1964 HBAR. ~01:41 UTC: Bonzo Lend paused. ~05:50 UTC: Bonzo Points paused. 07:33-07:40 UTC: ~20+ WBTC-to-ETH swap transactions executed on Ethereum. ~10:00 UTC: @SpecterAnalyst publicly identifies the exploit with the 2 theft addresses (over $3.7M already bridged). 11:43 UTC: Specter confirms the attack is linked to Bonzo Finance and tracks Tornado Cash deposits. Impact: Bonzo TVL -77%, Hedera network TVL -40% in 24h. Supra acknowledges the flaw and deploys a fix to the affected verifier contract. July 17, 2026: Bonzo Finance Foundation announces full user-position restoration equal to pre-exploit position value, backed by a facility committed by the Hedera Foundation. New redemption smart contracts to be audited by Halborn.
Sources and coverage
- Articlecoindesk.comhttps://www.coindesk.com/web3/2026/07/11/lending-protocol-bonzo-loses-77-of-value-locked-as-usd9-million-oracle-exploit-rattles-hedera
- Articletheblock.cohttps://www.theblock.co
- Articlecryptobriefing.comhttps://cryptobriefing.com/bonzo-lend-9m-oracle-exploit-hedera/
- Articlecryptotimes.iohttps://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/17/bonzo-to-restore-pre-exploit-positions-with-hedera-backing/
- Articlebeincrypto.comhttps://beincrypto.com/hedera-exploit-5-million-ethereum-bridge/
- Articlenews.bitcoin.comhttps://news.bitcoin.com/peckshield-hedera-exploit-5-25-million-bridged-ethereum/
- Articlecryptorank.iohttps://cryptorank.io/news/feed/54f82-hbar-news-today
- Articlexcancel.comhttps://xcancel.com/SpecterAnalyst/status/2075852579343303121
- Articlexcancel.comhttps://xcancel.com/SpecterAnalyst/status/2075854944318406790
- Articlexcancel.comhttps://xcancel.com/SpecterAnalyst/status/2075864821317140501
- Articlexcancel.comhttps://xcancel.com/SpecterAnalyst/status/2075908954266153186
- Articlepulsechain.nexushttps://www.pulsechain.nexus/the-9-million-lie-how-a-broken-oracle-drained-bonzo-lend/
- Articlehacked.slowmist.iohttps://hacked.slowmist.io/
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