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 <li>UwU Lend hit twice in a $24M hack spree, losing $20.3M in the first attack and $3.7M in the second.</li>
 <li>UwU offers a $5M bounty for hacker’s ID after a failed repayment deadline.</li>
 <li>$9.7M reimbursed to victims by UwU Lend amidst ongoing security breaches.</li>
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<p>UwU Lend has experienced a significant security breach, with a hacker stealing $24 million across two separate attacks. The first exploit occurred on June 10, when $20.3 million was lost through a price manipulation attack. Despite UwU’s offer for the hacker to keep 20% of the stolen funds if they returned the remaining 80%, there was no response.</p>
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<p><strong>The Latest Exploit and UwU’s Response</strong></p>
<p>On June 13, the same hacker executed a second exploit, stealing an additional $3.7 million from the protocol’s uDAI, uWETH, uLUSD, uFRAX, uCRVUSD, and uUSDT pools. according to blockchain security firm Cyvers. Cyvers said the two hacks were carried out by the same hacker <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0x841ddf093f5188989fa1524e7b893de64b421f47" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">wallet address</a> “0x841…21f47.”</p>
<p>“The repayment deadline for the funds you stole has passed. 5 Million Dollar bounty to the first person to identify and locate you,” UwU wrote to the hacker in a June 13 <a href="https://etherscan.io/idm?addresses=0x5dd596c901987a2b28c38a9c1dfbf86fffc15d77,0x841ddf093f5188989fa1524e7b893de64b421f47&amp;type=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">on-chain message</a> after they didn’t transfer 80% of the stolen funds before UwU’s requested deadline — June 12 at 5:00 pm UTC.</p>
<p><strong>Efforts to Recover and Reimburse Victims</strong></p>
<p>Despite these setbacks, UwU Lend has already reimbursed over $9.7 million to victims from the initial exploit. The protocol is determined to restore trust and stability, although the UwU Lend token has dropped by 21% to $2.47 in the last seven days. The team’s immediate focus is on mitigating further damage and ensuring the safety of <a href="https://x.com/UwU_Lend/status/1801115681988939868" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">users’ funds</a>.</p>
<p>Nearly $19 billion in cryptocurrencies have been stolen since the first industry hack in June 2011, underscoring the ongoing security challenges within the crypto space.</p>
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