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MERLIN DEX

$1.8M stolenTuesday, April 25, 2023 · 1234 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-09-10

Situation Summary

4/25/2023 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$1.8M drained from MERLIN DEX on zkSync Era.

TECHNIQUE: ADMIN DRAIN

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