# Base Vault Attack Drains About $2.02 Million Across Four Transactions

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-10-04T09:35:51.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-04T09:35:51.000Z
Section: Technology

> A newly added contract was used to move tokens borrowed from the vault. The attack remained in progress in the latest update.

An unnamed vault on Base has lost about $2.02 million in an ongoing attack involving roughly four transactions.

A new contract was added to the vault’s whitelist. The attacker then borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and sent the tokens to that contract.

The attack remained in progress in the latest update. The vault was not identified in the supplied information.