Drop exploit — $4.4M lost on Neutron
Drop lost an estimated $4.4M on Neutron (malicious proposal), according to the DeFiLlama hacks database. Users and integrators should review exposure and follow the project's official channels.
Vuln-watch · relayed from the DeFiLlama hacks database; see Source & attribution below
Summary
Drop lost an estimated $4.4M on Neutron (malicious proposal), according to the DeFiLlama hacks database. Users and integrators should review exposure and follow the project's official channels.
Incident
- Protocol: Drop
- Date (UTC): 2026-09-22
- Estimated loss: $4.4M
- Chain(s): Neutron
- Technique: Malicious Proposal
- Classification: Governance
- Target: DeFi Protocol
Recommended actions
- Revoke token approvals granted to Drop contracts until the project confirms they are safe
- Integrators: pause or delist affected assets and monitor for attacker fund movements
- Beware of follow-on phishing: ignore unofficial "refund", "recovery", or "claim" links and DMs; use the project's verified channels only
Source & attribution
This 0xCERT advisory relays an incident recorded in the DeFiLlama hacks database (https://defillama.com/hacks). Figures are preliminary estimates and may be revised; refer to the project's own post-mortem for the authoritative record. Report additional details to 0xCERT at https://www.0xcert.com/report.
References
OpenPGP-signed. The signed text of this advisory verifies against the 0xCERT key CCC7 D9EC 9415 723D.
Published 2026-09-22 · last updated 2026-10-08
curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/pgp.asc | gpg --import && curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/advisory/0xCERT-2026-0144/signed.txt | gpg --verify