A massive hacking attack occurred on the BNB Smart Chain network — criminals stole over $3.1 million from the payment project GANA Payment. According to analyst ZachXBT, after the hack, the funds were immediately transferred to various addresses and used Tornado Cash to launder and hide their tracks.
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Scale of the Theft and Laundering Scheme
According to on-chain data, the stolen funds were initially accumulated in the wallet “0x2e8…e5c38” and primarily converted into BNB. Approximately 1140 BNB, worth over $1 million, was transferred through the Tornado Cash service. The remaining assets were converted into Ethereum, after which another 346.8 ETH (over $1 million) was also sent to Tornado Cash. A portion of the coins (346 ETH) remains in an inactive address “0x7a5…b3cca”.
Lack of Audit and Consequences for Investors
GANA Payment is a small payment project on the BNB Smart Chain that operates through decentralized exchanges and liquidity pools. The project lacks official security audits and detailed technical documentation, so the nature of the vulnerability remains unknown at this time.
“The incident led to a sharp decline in the value of the GANA token. According to GeckoTerminal, the asset’s price dropped by more than 90% immediately after the attack. This highlighted the project’s low liquidity and high risks for investors, analysts believe.”
GANA Payment has become one of many projects in the BNB Chain ecosystem that have suffered attacks in 2025. According to DefiLlama, the total losses of small projects on this network have already exceeded $100 million. Experts emphasize that most of these incidents are related to vulnerable smart contracts, liquidity configuration errors, and the compromise of private keys.
Previously, Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin warned that the DeFi sector remains under threat from large-scale hacking attacks.