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Cysic Halts Bridge After Attacker Mints 10 Million CYS

Preliminary forensics point to unauthorized database access that allowed fraudulent mint messages to create unbacked tokens.

Overview

  • Cysic says an attacker minted 10 million CYS on BNB Smart Chain on Saturday and the project suspended its cross-chain bridge while it investigates.
  • The team added the recipient address to the token contract blacklist about 76 minutes after the mint, freezing roughly 2.8 million CYS that remained in that wallet.
  • On-chain tracing shows about 7.2 million of the minted tokens were sold and swaps and bridges routed roughly 306.6 ETH to Ethereum, a sum valued at about $727,000 in early reports.
  • Cysic reports its mainnet and existing user wallets were not compromised and it has hired third-party security firms to trace funds and verify the full attack path.
  • The incident highlights a recurring bridge risk where off-chain systems such as databases and message-processing logic can authorize unauthorized mints and cause token dilution and market harm for holders.