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Morning Edition · Monday, June 15, 2026
Security Roundup: Bridge and Mint Exploits Drive a Heavy Run of June Losses
Syscoin's bridge bled an estimated $10 million through a proof-validation flaw, while TesseraDAO lost about $2.5 million to an unauthorized token mint.
Several on-chain incidents tracked by Rekt News underscore a recurring set of failure modes this month. The largest involved the Syscoin bridge, where a parsing error in the relay's proof-validation code let an attacker mint approximately 5…
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