Cryptocurrency2 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: How a Solana feature designed for convenience let attackers drain more than $27…

The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers…

The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the protocol's multisig security in minutes. An attacker drained at least $270 million from the Drift Protocol on Solana by abusing a legitimate feature called 'durable nonces,' rather than exploiting a code bug or stolen keys. By securing two misleading approvals from Drift's fi…

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