$6M Vanishes From Crypto Vault Controlled by 7 Mystery Signers

Over $6M Reportedly Stolen From Base Multisig Vault

More than $6 million was reportedly stolen from an anonymous multisignature vault operating on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, according to unconfirmed reports circulating as of October 4, 2026.Read more...

$6M Vanishes From Crypto Vault Controlled by 7 Mystery Signers

A $6 million crypto vault was drained on Base on Oct. 4, yet the strangest part may be who owned it. Nobody publicly knows. Security firms traced about 1,783 wstETH out of the vault, while onchain records point to an anonymous seven-signer Safe. Base itself wasn’t hacked, Aave’s core contracts haven’t been blamed, and the […]

Base DeFi Vault Exploit Drains $6M After Attacker Gains Whitelist Access

TLDR: A Base DeFi vault lost over $6M after an attacker added a new contract to its whitelist and drained assets. Blockaid first estimated $2.02M in losses before raising the total above $6M as the exploit continued. Spot On Chain and PeckShield both traced about 1,783 wstETH to attacker address 0x0B5126…B034 on Base. No evidence [...]

Base vault exploit drains $2.02M through whitelist flaw

A Base vault exploit is draining roughly $2.02M through a manipulated whitelist. Here is what the Layer 2 security hit means for crypto liquidity.

Base Vault Attack Drains About $2.02 Million Across Four Transactions

A newly added contract was used to move tokens borrowed from the vault. The attack remained in progress in the latest update.