Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge hacked for over $600M

According to Axie Infinity's official Discord and Ronin Network's official Twitter thread, along with its Substack page, the Ronin bridge and Katana Dex have been halted after suffering an exploit for 173,600 Ethereum ($ETH) and 25.5M USDC, worth a combined $612 million at today's prices. In a statement, its developers said they are "currently working with law enforcement officials, forensic cryptographers, and our investors to make sure that all funds are recovered or reimbursed. All of the AXS, $RON, and SLP [tokens] on Ronin are safe right now." 

There has been a security breach on the Ronin Network.https://t.co/ktAp9w5qpP

— Ronin (@Ronin_Network) March 29, 2022

As told by Ronin developers, the attacker used hacked private keys in order to forge fake withdrawals, draining the funds from the Ronin bridge in just two transactions. More importantly, the hack occurred on March 23, but was only discovered today after a user allegedly uncovered issues after failing to withdraw 5,000 in $ETH from the Ronin bridge. At the time of publication, $RON, Ronin's primary governance token, has fallen nearly 20% to $1.88 in the past hour.

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.