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Latest exploit marks another setback for decentralized finance infrastructure, notably cross-chain systems that have remained a prime target for hackers.<\/p>\n
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Transit Finance, a decentralized cross-chain aggregation protocol, suffered an exploit that drained roughly $1.88 million from the platform on May 13, according to blockchain security monitor PeckShield<\/a>.<\/p>\n The breach was first reported by ChainCatcher<\/a>, citing PeckShield monitoring data. Transit Finance had not issued a detailed public explanation or recovery plan at the time of publication.<\/p>\n The exploit marks another setback for decentralized finance infrastructure, particularly cross-chain systems that have remained a prime target for attackers exploiting smart contract vulnerabilities, bridge architecture flaws and wallet permission weaknesses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The latest attack arrives amid a broader surge in crypto-related security incidents. According to a previous crypto.news story<\/a>, PeckShield estimated that hackers stole more than $1.63 billion during the first quarter of 2025 alone, driven largely by the record-breaking Bybit exploit.<\/p>\n In March 2026, PeckShield reported 20 major crypto security incidents totaling approximately $52 million in losses, a 96% increase from February\u2019s $26.5 million, according to ChainCatcher<\/a>. The firm warned of a growing \u201cshadow contagion\u201d effect in which one exploit triggers cascading bad debt across multiple DeFi protocols.<\/p>\n Cross-chain infrastructure has become especially vulnerable because attackers can rapidly move assets across networks and laundering services. Earlier this year, hackers infiltrated a multisignature wallet and stole $27.3 million in digital assets, later funneling 6,300 ETH worth roughly $19.4 million through Tornado Cash, according to KuCoin<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Transit Finance incident also follows several major bridge and liquidity exploits reported in recent weeks. In April, Kelp DAO\u2019s LayerZero-powered bridge lost approximately $292 million after an attacker forged a malicious cross-chain message, according to CryptoTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Security researchers and protocol developers are increasingly warning that interoperability systems remain one of the weakest points in decentralized finance. Data compiled by TheChainPost<\/a> showed hackers stole approximately $1.08 billion across at least 68 crypto incidents in 2026 through late April.<\/p>\n PeckShield said in a previous report that attackers have increasingly relied on mixers such as Tornado Cash and cross-chain routing protocols like THORChain to obscure stolen funds. In a separate exploit disclosed this week, the TrustedVolumes attacker moved approximately $278,000 in stolen assets through Tornado Cash and THORChain, according to Daily Hodl<\/a>.<\/p>\n Transit Finance has not publicly confirmed whether user funds can be recovered or whether affected smart contracts have been paused.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Latest exploit marks another setback for decentralized finance infrastructure, notably cross-chain systems that have remained a prime target for hackers. Summary Transit Finance lost about $1.88 million in a fresh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28444,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28442\/revisions\/28444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}DeFi security fears intensify<\/h2>\n
Industry scrutiny grows after repeated exploits<\/h2>\n