Verus-Ethereum Bridge exploited in $11.5M drain, Blockaid flags

On 2026-05-21, Blockaid publicly flagged an ongoing exploit on the Verus-Ethereum Bridge, with about $11.58 million drained. The attacker reportedly moved the stolen assets through intermediary wallets and converted them into ETH via Uniswap. The incident is part of a broader wave of bridge exploits affecting DeFi infrastructure.