Term Labs Hack

TOTAL LOST $8.5M
Medium
Affected Chain 2026 Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #376 By amount stolen
Year 2026 Incident year

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Term Labs
Date of Incident
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

What Auditors Should Check

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Term Labs, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (August 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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