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DeFi Hacks Drain $36M+ in Days

DeFi Exploits Drain $36M+ Via Unverified Contracts; Governance Attack Drains Balancer Pool

Perp DEXJun 11, 2026

A relentless wave of DeFi exploits—spanning smart contracts, bridges, oracles, and MEV bots—is draining hundreds of millions and pushing 2026 toward record hack losses.

Crypto hackers drained over $36 million from protocols using unverified contracts across multiple incidents. A separate governance takeover attack resulted in the minting of 10 billion TOP tokens and the draining of $1.58 million from a Balancer pool. A NovaBox rewards pool was also exploited for 56.73 ETH through a vulnerability in its distribution mechanism.

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