Solana ecosystem Drift Protocol attacked, with losses of at least $200 million

ZkProver · 2026-04-02T00:16:19+00:00

A security incident occurred at Drift Protocol, a derivatives trading platform based on Solana, resulting in losses of approximately $200 million to $270 million and involving multiple liquidity pools. The project team has detected suspicious activity and advised users to suspend deposits. This incident could become one of the largest DeFi attacks within the Solana ecosystem.

ZkProver

2026-04-02 00:16:19

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ChainCatcher message: Drift Protocol, a derivatives trading platform based on Solana, has suffered a security incident. On-chain data shows losses of at least about $200 million, with some estimates approaching $270 million.

The project team says it has identified abnormal activity and is investigating. It urges users not to deposit funds into the protocol for now, and stresses, “This is not an April Fools’ Day joke.”

The attack involved multiple funding pools, including JLP Delta Neutral, SOL Super Staking, and BTC Super Staking, among others. In a single transaction, about 41.7 million JLP tokens were transferred, valued at roughly $155 million. In addition, assets including SOL, USDC, cbBTC, and wBTC were also withdrawn.

According to statistics, this incident may become one of the largest DeFi attacks in the Solana ecosystem after the Wormhole bridge exploit.

SOL-5.52%

BTC-1.63%

WBTC-1.58%

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