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Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 11:02 UTC

NovaBridge

Signature verification flaw allowed forged withdrawal proofs.

Ongoing
Funds stolen
$124.50M
Recovered
$0.00M0%
Still outstanding
$124.50M
Chain
Ethereum
Category
Bridge
Attack vector
Bridge Exploit
Reported by
CertiK
Incident ID
e2

Exploit & recovery timeline

  1. Jan 14, 2026 · 09:02 UTC
    Attack preparation

    Attacker wallets funded and staged ahead of the bridge exploit exploit against NovaBridge.

  2. Jan 14, 2026 · 11:02 UTC
    Exploit executed

    $124.5M drained from NovaBridge on Ethereum via Bridge Exploit.

  3. Jan 14, 2026 · 12:02 UTC
    Detected by CertiK

    CertiK flagged the anomalous transactions and published an initial alert.

  4. Jan 14, 2026 · 15:02 UTC
    Protocol response

    NovaBridge paused affected contracts or withdrawals and began tracing outbound flows.

  5. Jan 15, 2026 · 11:02 UTC
    Funds traced

    Stolen assets followed through mixers, bridges, and exchange deposit addresses.

  6. Jan 17, 2026 · 11:02 UTC
    Recovery effort ongoing

    No funds recovered yet; tracing and negotiation continue.