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MANTRA Chain offline after exploit, restart planned for Aug. 21
MANTRA Chain's transactions, transfers, and staking remain unavailable as the team prepares a patch for an exploit.
MANTRA Chain has been offline after an attacker exploited an upstream dependency, leaving transactions, transfers, and staking functions unusable. The team confirmed the incident but has not yet disclosed which dependency was compromised.
A restart is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 21, but that timeline depends on the successful completion of a patch test. If the patch fails validation, the chain could remain offline longer.
What we know so far
- The exploit affected a third-party component, not MANTRA's core protocol directly.
- Transactions, transfers, and staking are all paused until the network is restored.
- No details on lost funds have been released.
MANTRA Chain is a layer-1 blockchain built for tokenizing real-world assets. The current outage underscores the risks that third-party dependencies can introduce to network operations.