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Balancer DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization governing the protocol, protocol thanked a team of security experts for their help following a DNS attack on a top level .fi domain registrar employed by Balancer. 
Balancer DAO called attention to SEAL 911, a Telegram bot built during the Curve Wars that ensued following the Curve Finance exploit. The bot operates as an emergency channel that connects users and protocols to a pool of vetted defi security experts. 
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 The Balancer DAO would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to all ecosystem members who acted swiftly and diligently to mitigate the effect of the recent DNS attack. [1/5] <a href="https://t.co/SeU43AMKPD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/SeU43AMKPD</a>— Balancer (@Balancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1705250633782313431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">September 22, 2023</a> 
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Balancer DAO also extended thanks to Metamask developers Nikita and Taylor Mohana (Tayvano) for Metamask block-ups deployed to mitigate further attacks. 
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 Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. Through collaboration, the Balancer ecosystem continues to grow stronger in the face of adversity. Thank you! <cite>Balancer DAO update</cite> 
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The DAO’s remarks follow a EuroDNS attack on Sept. 20 which resulted in losses up to $238,000 in crypto.&nbsp; 
 Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/balancer-confirms-social-engineering-attack-caused-front-end-issues/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Balancer confirms social engineering attack caused front end issues </a> 
As crypto.news reported, hackers <a href="https://crypto.news/defi-protocol-balancer-suffers-frontend-hack/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">hijacked</a> Balancer’s frontend interface and sought malicious access to users’ non-custodial wallets through sophisticated social engineering. 
A report from Balancer said the issue originated from a top level .fi domain registrar. 
The decentralized automated market marker (AMM) protocol has repelled two attacks amid a raft of exploits targeted at crypto operators. On Aug. 23, Balancer <a href="https://crypto.news/balancer-secures-95-of-funds-at-risk-amid-vulnerability-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">secured</a> 95% of funds at risk due to a vulnerability.&nbsp; 
Hackers later <a href="https://crypto.news/balancer-suffers-900k-exploit-amid-recently-discovered-vulnerability/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">exploited</a> the same vulnerability and managed to siphon $900,000 from the protocol. 
On the surface, other protocols have suffered heavier attacks and reported greater losses. Platforms like CoinEx, Curve Finance, and Stake lost millions of dollars to exploits. 
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Balancer DAO salutes defi response team for aid in $230K UI exploit

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