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SwissBorg to Reimburse Users After $41 Million Solana Theft via Partner API Exploit

The loss traces to staking provider Kiln’s API, underscoring third‑party risks SwissBorg says it will tighten.

Overview

  • Roughly 192,600–193,000 SOL worth about $41–$41.5 million was drained from SwissBorg’s SOL Earn product, impacting about 1% of users and roughly 2% of assets under management.
  • SwissBorg reports its core app and other Earn products were not compromised, and the affected funds were held in an external wallet tied to the SOL Earn strategy.
  • The company has allocated treasury assets to reimburse affected users and says its financial position remains stable, with SOL Earn redemptions paused during recovery work.
  • On‑chain investigators including ZachXBT traced the haul to a newly flagged “SwissBorg Exploiter” wallet on Solscan, and multiple exchanges have blocked related transactions.
  • SwissBorg is working with white‑hat hackers, forensic teams, Fireblocks, the Solana Foundation, exchanges and law enforcement, and plans a full incident report and tighter vendor and API controls.