Polyhedra Network responds to the theft incident: unrelated to zkBridge security, no user funds were harmed

ChainCatcher message, Polyhedra Network responded to the attack incident stating that after investigation, the incident is unrelated to the security of the Polyhedra bridge. The Polyhedra bridge has been audited by multiple auditing firms and is currently operating normally, with no asset security issues for users. The incident was due to human theft and not a contract vulnerability. Relevant personnel will be held legally accountable.

According to monitoring by Shield, this attack incident was caused by key leakage.

Previously, according to monitoring by Cyvers Alerts, the Web3 full-stack interoperability infrastructure Polyhedra Network was attacked on the BNB chain due to a wallet access vulnerability, resulting in the attacker extracting $1.4 million, including $700,000 worth of THE tokens, which were then all exchanged for BNB. The attacker’s funds came from Tornado Cash.