Cysic
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Cysic is a zero-knowledge proof hardware-acceleration project and Layer 1 network, founded in 2022 and backed by a $6 million seed round led by Polychain Capital. On October 17, 2026, Cysic's cross-chain bridge connecting its native chain to BNB Smart Chain and Base was exploited: an attacker gained unauthorized access to a database supporting the bridge and exploited a flaw in its message-processing logic to mint 10 million unauthorized CYS tokens, of which roughly 7.2 million were sold for about $727,000 in ETH before the receiving address was blacklisted 76 minutes later.
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Timeline(6 events)
October 2026
Attacker exploits Cysic's bridge message-processing logic to mint 10 million unauthorized CYS tokens on BNB Smart Chain.
The BlockOctober 2026
Cysic blacklists the attacker's receiving address on the CYS token contract, freezing about 2.8 million CYS, 76 minutes after the initial mint.
The BlockOctober 2026
Cysic publicly confirms the bridge suspension and provides preliminary findings citing unauthorized database access and a message-processing flaw.
The BlockOctober 2026
Cysic announces plans to burn 7.2 million CYS from foundation reserves by the end of October 2026 to offset the unauthorized mint.
PhemexDecision Log
- slot 465302215 · hash HYkZKWU1Uxgu149zojhKQkubVgjzRXRcuraedgCxP9HR
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 0 of 6 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 11/4/2026, 12:28:54 PM
last updated: 11/4/2026, 12:28:54 PM
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