An attacker stole $1.4&nbsp;million from the <button class="define-target" id="defi">defi</button> lending project Minterest. Using a <button class="define-target" id="flash-loan">flash loan</button> attack, they manipulated the exchange rate calculated by the project, allowing them to withdraw more tokens than they originally loaned.<p>Minterest paused the supply and borrow portions of their protocol after the attack, and attempted to contact the attacker to negotiate a return of some of the funds.</p>

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