# Bridge and Exchange Losses Keep Coming From Signatures and Prices, Not Contract Bugs

Recent incidents at Coinsbuy, AFX Trade, and VerusCoin, plus a new proof of concept against a bonds pool, all trace to trusted inputs rather than to flaws in the code an auditor would read.

- Published: 2026-08-19T05:47:33.890Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-19/bridge-and-exchange-losses-keep-coming-from-signatures-and-p
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Rekt News](https://www.rekt.news/), [Rekt News (AFX Trade)](https://www.rekt.news/), [DeFiHackLabs](https://github.com/SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs/commit/04a31c7c5c4dcb1b6ff75c283c9b9b6bf54ef988)

The security incidents catalogued by Rekt News over recent weeks share a structure. At Coinsbuy, an attacker drained about $8.07 million from wallets across Tron and Ethereum on August 9, and the company replenished the affected wallets wit…

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