#Exploit

The Ink Finance exploit, while limited in scope, serves as a critical case study demonstrating that smart contract flaws, coupled with increasingly sophisticated state-level threat actors, pose a systemic risk to even heavily audited Layer-2 DeFi protocols like those operating on Polygon.

Aave spearheaded 'DeFi United,' organizing a massive capital infusion to recapitalize rsETH following a $292 million exploit at the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge, highlighting critical systemic risks in DeFi collateralization.

An in-depth analysis of the multi-stage infrastructure breach at Resolv that resulted in the illicit minting of 80 million USR, highlighting the structural risks of hybrid DeFi systems.

On March 22, 2026, Resolv Labs suffered a major exploit resulting in the unauthorized minting of tens of millions of unbacked USR stablecoins.