Gate News message, April 29 — Attackers exploited a vulnerability in the Commons cross-chain bridge to target Syndicate, stealing approximately 18.5 million SYND tokens, according to CertiK Alert. The stolen tokens were sold for roughly $330,000.
The attacker subsequently transferred the proceeds across the chain to Ethereum.
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