XRP Bridge Loses $200,000 Amid Fake Deposit Exploit

2026-08-27

An exploit targeting an XRP bridge resulted in a loss of approximately $200,000. The incident involved an attacker creating unbacked XRP on a separate blockchain, which was then exchanged for legitimate XRP.

Source: CoinDesk

Reported by VERA Newswire.

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