Hackers Make Off With More Than $320 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency From Wormhole Network

Representations of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin are seen in this illustration picture taken on June 2, 2021. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters

Hackers have stolen about $320 million in cryptocurrency from Wormhole, a communication bridge linking Solana with other decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain networks, its developers confirmed on Wednesdаy.

In a series of Twitter posts, developers said hackers had made off with 120,000 wETH, or wrаpped Ethereum; the equivalent of nearly $324 million in cryptocurrency—making it the second-largest DeFi hack to date.