# Coreum Bridge Loses Nearly 200,000 XRP After Its Relayer Software Credited Fake Deposits

The attacker moved the bridge's own token between two wallets he controlled with a deposit label attached, then withdrew real XRP through the normal path over 97 minutes.

- Published: 2026-08-12T05:36:54.490Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-12/coreum-bridge-loses-nearly-200-000-xrp-after-its-relayer-sof
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/12/xrp-bridge-drained-for-usd200-000-after-software-mistook-fake-deposits-for-real-ones), [DeFiHackLabs](https://github.com/SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs/commit/2c99b565ae24ea2006adf181da20c4419b3edc30), [Rekt News](https://www.rekt.news/)

An attacker drained 199,916.3 XRP from the Coreum cross-chain bridge on August 9, in a failure of deposit verification rather than of cryptography. The attacker sent the bridge's own token between two wallets he controlled and attached a la…

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