Zoth hacked for nearly $8.3 million, second theft in two weeks

RWA restaking platform Zoth suffered a $8.29 million hack after an attacker gained access to admin privileges that allowed them to modify the platform's smart contracts. The hacker "upgraded" the contract to a malicious version, then withdrew $8.45 million in USD0++, a token issued by the Usual protocol. After swapping the assets into various other tokens, they were left with 4,223 ETH (~$8.29 million).This is the second Zoth exploit in two weeks, following a $285,000 theft on March 6 by an attacker who took advantage of a bug in one of the platform's smart contracts. "RWA platform Zoth suffers second hack this month — loses $8.4M" , Protos

Mar 22, 2025 - 16:54
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Zoth hacked for nearly $8.3 million, second theft in two weeks
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RWA restaking platform Zoth suffered a $8.29 million hack after an attacker gained access to admin privileges that allowed them to modify the platform's smart contracts. The hacker "upgraded" the contract to a malicious version, then withdrew $8.45 million in USD0++, a token issued by the Usual protocol. After swapping the assets into various other tokens, they were left with 4,223 ETH (~$8.29 million).

This is the second Zoth exploit in two weeks, following a $285,000 theft on March 6 by an attacker who took advantage of a bug in one of the platform's smart contracts.