Another DeFi Exploit: Perp DEX Ostium Loses $18 Million in Oracle Attack
Hackers stole $18 million from the Ostium DeFi platform by compromising an oracle key to manipulate asset prices. This breach highlights how centralized key management remains a critical vulnerability
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15 Jul 2026 2 hours ago 1 min read
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Hackers breached the security of Ostium, a decentralized perpetual exchange on the Arbitrum network, by compromising a private key used to sign price