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MEDIUMNEAR·Missing Input Validation·#372 all-time

Ref Finance

$3.2M stolenSunday, August 15, 2021 · 1828 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Situation Summary

8/15/2021 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$3.2M drained from Ref Finance on NEAR.

TECHNIQUE: MISSING INPUT VALIDATION

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