Aztec Connect Hack

TOTAL LOST $2.3M
Medium

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Affected Chain 2026 Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #605 By amount stolen
Protocol Type Privacy Target category

Incident Overview

Etherconnect (ECC) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2021and operates on the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) platform. Etherconnect has a current supply of 1,000,000,000 with 0 in circulation. The last known price of Etherconnect is 0.00002768 USD and is down -1.93 over the last 24 hours.

It is currently trading on 9 active market(s) with $0.00 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://etherconnect.co/.

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Aztec Connect
Date of Incident
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Privacy
Official Website etherconnect.co/
Protocol Twitter/X @Etherconnt

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories
BNB Chain Ecosystem

What Auditors Should Check

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Aztec Connect, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (June 2026).

  • Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs

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Sources & References

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