{"id":96527,"date":"2026-04-27T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/?p=96527"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:55:13","slug":"hackers-breach-defi-protocol-scallop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hackers-breach-defi-protocol-scallop\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Breach DeFi Protocol Scallop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lending platform Scallop, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sui-an-ambitious-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-from-meta-alumni\">Sui<\/a> blockchain, has been hacked. The perpetrators extracted approximately 150,000 SUI from the sSUI rewards pool.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2705 INCIDENT UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>We have unfreezed the core contracts and all operations have resumed. The issue was not related to the core protocol and was isolated to a deprecated rewards contract.<\/p>\n<p>User deposits were not impacted and all funds remain safe. Withdrawals and deposits are now\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scallop (@Scallop_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scallop_io\/status\/2048412464384241689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The project team reported that the vulnerability was in a side smart contract that was no longer in use for core operations. The main protocol and user deposits were unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>Developers temporarily suspended the platform&#8217;s operations for a security check. After some time, Scallop resumed normal operations. Users can now deposit and withdraw assets without hindrance.<\/p>\n<p>Project representatives promised to fully compensate for the damage and cover 100% of the losses from their own funds. The team continues its investigation and has pledged to publish a detailed report later.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Scallop&#8217;s total value locked amounts to $22.82 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-4883af46a7cbf9bd-2880625502322831.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-04-27 102609\" class=\"wp-image-279018\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocol\/scallop?tvl=true&#038;fees=false&#038;events=false\">DefiLlama<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The project&#8217;s native token SCA is trading at $0.017 (-2.5% over the day).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9e50249a6e971328-2880643696340789.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-04-27 105426\" class=\"wp-image-279019\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/scallop-2\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, on April 17, the liquid <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-restaking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">restaking<\/a> protocol Kelp suffered a hack, resulting in a loss of approximately $293 million.<\/p>\n<p>On April 22, attackers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hackers-breach-volo-extract-3-5-million-from-wbtc-and-usdc-pools\">compromised<\/a> the Volo platform and extracted $3.5 million from WBTC and USDC pools.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lending platform Scallop, based on the Sui blockchain, has been hacked. The perpetrators extracted approximately 150,000 SUI from the sSUI rewards pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Scallop on Sui blockchain hacked; 150,000 SUI stolen.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,1093,1651],"class_list":["post-96527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-defi","tag-sui-sui"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Scallop on Sui blockchain hacked; 150,000 SUI stolen.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96529,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96527\/revisions\/96529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}