Wormhole
Wormhole is a cross-chain messaging and asset-transfer protocol. It is included because of the February 2022 exploit involving wrapped ETH on Solana and a widely reported loss of more than $300 million, followed by rapid backfilling of the bridge deficit.
Bridge facts
- Canonical name
- Wormhole
- Type
- Interoperability Protocol
- Status
- Active
- Confidence
- High
- Primary chains
- Solana, Ethereum
- Primary assets
- WETH
- Operator
- Wormhole
- Ecosystem
- Wormhole
- Launch date
- Unknown
- End date
- Unknown
- Terminal reason
- Not applicable / unknown
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-15
- Last verified
- 2026-06-15
Incident cases
Wormhole 2022 wrapped ETH mint exploit2022-02-02
In February 2022, Wormhole was exploited through a vulnerability that allowed unauthorized wrapped ETH minting on Solana. Public reporting described a loss of roughly $320 million, and the bridge deficit was later backfilled.
Evidence records
- Security News This Week: A $320 Million Crypto Hack Sends the DeFi World ReelingWired · Tier 2 · 2022-02-05
- Crypto's biggest hacks and heists after $1.5 billion theft from BybitReuters · Tier 2 · 2025-02-24
- The Largest Cryptocurrency Hacks So FarInvestopedia · Tier 2 · 2018-07-06
- SoK: A Review of Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks in 2023arXiv · Tier 2 · 2025-01-06
- Wormhole acknowledged the network exploitWormhole · Tier 1 · 2022-02-02
- Wormhole announced restoration of funds and serviceWormhole · Tier 1 · 2022-02-03
- Wormhole announced restoration of funds and serviceWormhole · Tier 1 · 2022-02-03
Official URL status
Official URL recorded as live: https://wormhole.com/Help maintain bridge history
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