Decentralized Finance platform Credix was hacked for 4.5 million dollars! Official website urgently closed: User funds will be restored within 24 hours at the earliest.

The security team SlowMist issued a warning today (4th) on the X platform, stating that the DeFi platform Credix has suffered a hacker attack, resulting in losses of up to 4.5 million USD. (Background: Your computer is helping hackers mine Bitcoin! 3,500 websites have been implanted with “mining scripts,” invisibly hijacking users without their awareness) (Additional background: GMX hackers chose to “act as white hats” returning 40.5 million USD! Accepting a 4.5 million bounty, $GMX rebounded by 16%) Another DeFi protocol has been hacked! The security team SlowMist issued a warning today (4th) on the X platform, stating that the DeFi platform Credix has suffered a hacker attack, resulting in losses of up to 4.5 million USD. According to information disclosed by SlowMist, Credix’s multisignature wallet added a hacker as an administrator and bridge role via ACLManager six days ago (at the end of July), which gave the hacker key permissions, allowing them to mint collateral tokens directly in the fund pool as a bridge. In this way, the hacker quickly borrowed a large amount of assets, nearly exhausting Credix’s fund pool, causing serious losses. SlowMist TI Alert MistEye detected that @CrediX_fi has been exploited. The CrediX Multisig Wallet, 6 days ago, added an attacker as both Admin and Bridge via ACLManager. This enabled the attacker, acting in the Bridge role, to directly mint… pic.twitter.com/jJjYR1eyET — SlowMist (@SlowMist_Team) August 4, 2025 Additionally, another security team Cyvers Alerts also revealed a suspicious clue on the X platform: an address receiving funds from the crypto mixer Tornado Cash transferred assets to the Solana network and then borrowed 2.64 million USD from the Credix platform, subsequently bridging these funds back to Ethereum: Our system detected multiple suspicious transactions involving Credix on the Sonic network. An address funded by Tornado Cash through the Ethereum network bridged funds to the Sonic network and borrowed about 2.64 million USD from Credix. Most of these funds have been bridged back to the ETH network, and no further movements have been observed. ALERTOur system has detected multiple suspicious transactions on the #Sonic network involving @CrediX_fi. An address funded by @TornadoCash on the #ETH network bridged funds to the #Sonic network and borrowed approximately 2.64M from @CrediX_fi. Most of these funds have… pic.twitter.com/vK2y21Vhu9 — Cyvers Alerts (@CyversAlerts) August 4, 2025 Official Confirmation of Hack Regarding this incident, the Credix official also confirmed on the X platform around 5 PM today that they had been hacked and stated that emergency measures had been taken to protect user assets: The website has been disabled to prevent users from depositing. Please use contracts to withdraw. website has been disabled to prevent users from depositing. Please use contracts to withdraw — CrediX (@CrediX_fi) August 4, 2025 Furthermore, the official later continued to add that all users’ funds would be fully recovered within 24 to 48 hours. All users funds will be recovered in full within 24-48 hours — CrediX (@CrediX_fi) August 4, 2025 Related Reports Where hackers are focusing, how has Binance endured for eight years? The Brazilian Central Bank’s 140 million USD reserves were hacked! The stolen funds were converted into Bitcoin, with the hacker’s cost only 2,760 USD, and the service provider became a loophole Microsoft collaborates with the FBI to combat North Korean hacker fraud! Freezing 3,000 accounts, capturing the American “working accomplice” <DeFi platform Credix hacked for 4.5 million USD! Official website emergency shutdown: user funds will be restored within 24 hours at the earliest> This article was first published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.