Midnight Foundation said the Wanchain Cardano BNB bridge was hit by a security incident. In response, several major exchanges, including KuCoin, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, OKX, and MEXC, moved to limit the movement of stolen assets.
The measures cited in the announcement include freezing related accounts and addresses, blacklisting the attacker’s wallet, and suspending deposits and withdrawals for the NIGHT token. According to the statement, the exchanges characterized the case as an isolated third-party bridge vulnerability rather than an issue tied to Midnight Network itself.
The same notice said the incident is unrelated to the Midnight Network mainnet or to the NIGHT asset. No additional loss figures or technical details were disclosed in the source material.
According to a post cited by ChainCatcher from Midnight Foundation (@midnightfdn), the Wanchain Cardano BNB bridge was involved in a security attack.
Several major exchanges have already responded, including KuCoin, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, OKX, and MEXC. They introduced precautionary steps to restrict the movement of stolen assets.
Those steps include freezing related accounts and addresses, blacklisting the attacker’s wallet, and suspending deposits and withdrawals for the NIGHT token.
Exchanges said the incident was an isolated third-party bridge vulnerability and was unrelated to the Midnight Network mainnet or the NIGHT asset itself.
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