Cronos Halts After Tectonic $75M TONIC Manipulation Exploit
Cronos network stopped after Tectonic suffered a price-manipulation attack on illiquid TONIC collateral, with losses estimated at $75 million.
The Cronos network halted operations after an exploit at the Tectonic lending protocol that used price manipulation of the illiquid TONIC token as collateral.
The attacker inflated the token's price then borrowed against the manipulated collateral, following the same vector described in the 2022 Mango Markets incident.
Tectonic's loss is estimated at $75 million. A statement attributed to Li outlined the attack steps.
Open questions
The exact confirmed loss amount and any recovery timeline remain unverified. The duration of the network halt and its resumption status are also unknown.