Blockaid flags ongoing Ankr bridge exploit on Ethereum, ~$292k drained in five withdraw calls

Blockaid reports an ongoing exploit of Ankr's Ethereum cross-chain bridge. According to the post, an attacker used a small Optimism deposit to submit five withdraw calls, unlocking the bridge's full locked inventory to a newly created wallet. Roughly $292,000 has been drained so far across about five transactions, and the attack was still in progress at the time of the report. Blockaid shared links to the exploiter addresses, an example exploit transaction, and the affected bridge contract.

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