The attacker likely used a near-zero liquidity injection to manipulate the pools’ internal state. This allowed them to extract valuable SUI and USDC tokens without contributing real assets.
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Sui-based Cetus Protocol suspends operations following $223 million oracle exploit
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An independent blockchain analyst concluded that Cetus Protocol’s liquidity pools were drained using a multi-step exploit that manipulated token pricing mechanics.
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