Verus Bridge Suffers Second Exploit in 66 Days as Flaw Pushes Total Losses to $19.1M

Verus Bridge Suffers Second Exploit in 66 Days as Flaw Pushes Total Losses to $19.1M

Verus Bridge exploited July 23 for $7.5M: second breach in 66 days, cumulative $19.1M loss. Smart contract verified cryptographic proofs and signatures but failed upstream state-checks for asset backing—a repeating DeFi cross-chain vulnerability.