Blockaid Detects Attack on zkLink Cross-Chain Bridge, $786,000 Lost

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On-chain data shows that Blockaid detected an attack on the zkLink cross-chain bridge on October 29, resulting in $786,000 in losses. The attacker is injecting forged batch roots through a public relay on Ethereum, siphoning ETH and ERC20 assets from the zkLink Nova L1 custody contract. On-chain analysis indicates the funds were transferred to a designated address. The attack is ongoing.

ChainThink reports that on October 29, according to Blockaid monitoring, the zkLink cross-chain bridge was attacked on Ethereum, with losses of $786,000 so far, and the attack is still ongoing.

Attackers injected a forged batch root on Ethereum via a public relay, then withdrew ETH and ERC20 assets from the zkLink Nova L1 custody contract to a designated address.

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