Fake GIWA Bridge social-engineering incident — $2.1M lost on Ethereum
Fake GIWA Bridge lost an estimated $2.1M on Ethereum (impersonation scam), 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
Fake GIWA Bridge lost an estimated $2.1M on Ethereum (impersonation scam), according to the DeFiLlama hacks database. Users and integrators should review exposure and follow the project's official channels.
Incident
- Protocol: Fake GIWA Bridge
- Date (UTC): 2026-09-27
- Estimated loss: $2.1M
- Chain(s): Ethereum
- Technique: Impersonation Scam
- Classification: Social Engineering
- Target: DeFi Protocol
- Bridge incident: yes
Recommended actions
- Revoke any token approvals granted to Fake GIWA Bridge contracts
- Treat associated tokens, contracts, and websites as malicious; do not interact
- 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.
OpenPGP-signed. The signed text of this advisory verifies against the 0xCERT key CCC7 D9EC 9415 723D.
Published 2026-09-27 · last updated 2026-10-08
curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/pgp.asc | gpg --import && curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/advisory/0xCERT-2026-0149/signed.txt | gpg --verify