# Base Vault Attack Drives Reported Losses to About $6 Million

By Simon Yoon

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/26653
Published: 2026-10-04T10:11:26.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-04T10:11:26.000Z
Section: Technology

> The incident involves approximately 1,783 wstETH, with the attacker moving borrowed assets to a separate contract.

An attack on a vault on Base has driven losses to about $6 million, involving roughly 1,783 wstETH.

The attacker added a new contract to the vault’s whitelist, borrowed aBaswstETH and transferred it to the attacker’s contract. The identified address is 0x0B5126...B034.

The reported losses have expanded from an earlier estimate of about $2 million.