AFX Trade Says Early Probe Points to Coordinated Social Engineering, Infrastructure Breach
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AFX Trade confirmed a coordinated social engineering and infrastructure compromise that escalated from the development environment into internal build and validator systems. Prior reports indicate its Arbitrum cross-chain bridge exploit led to roughly 24M USDC losses. The incident highlights persistent operational and bridge security risk, likely weighing on near-term risk appetite in DeFi and cross-chain exposure while users and counterparties reassess platform solvency and safeguards.
Impact level
● Medium
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▼ Bearish
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ME News reported that on July 25 (UTC+8), AFX Trade said in a post on X that an initial investigation indicates a coordinated attack involving social engineering and an infrastructure compromise. The company said the attackers likely entered through the development environment, then escalated privileges to internal build infrastructure and validator systems.
AFX Trade said its immediate focus is protecting affected users, including verifying potentially compromised balances, pursuing fund recovery and preparing a structured remediation plan.
Foresight News previously cited PeckShield monitoring that the AFX Trade Arbitrum cross-chain bridge was hacked, with estimated losses of about 24 million USDC. (Source: Foresight News)
