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Aug 22, 2026

The Sandbox halts operations after bridge exploit mints unbacked tokens

The Sandbox contained a vulnerability in its SAND cross-chain bridge on Base and BNB Smart Chain after an attacker minted approximately 500 million unbacked tokens. The project stated the impact was under $1 million, though the full extent of damage remains unclear.

Aug 22, 2026·4 sources

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Top claims

▪The impact of The Sandbox bridge exploit represents less than 0.01% of the total SAND token supply
▪SAND tokens on Ethereum and Polygon were not affected by The Sandbox bridge exploit on August 22, 2026
▪The Ethereum OFT adapter lost around 14.75 million SAND tokens worth approximately $675,000 in The Sandbox bridge exploit

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Access control failure1 Blockchain interoperability1 Bridge & cross-chain exploits1 Crypto hacks1 Crypto security1 Cryptocurrencies1 DeFi security1 GameFi1 Layer 2s1

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