Blockaid reports an ongoing exploit on a Base vault with $6M drained via whitelisted contract.

Security & Exploits · 2026-10-04

Blockaid identified an ongoing exploit affecting a Base vault that resulted in over $6M being drained through a whitelisted contract. The security firm flagged the incident but did not disclose the vault's identity at the time of reporting.

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