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Initia says MoveVM cache bug let attacker mint $2.7M in unbacked tokens

Initia disclosed that an attacker exploited a script caching vulnerability in its MoveVM on Oct. 23 at 22:59 (UTC+8), bypassing security checks and forging MoveVM state to credit themselves with unbacked WETH, iUSD and USDC worth about $2.7 million. The protocol said total supply of those tokens was unchanged and that no INIT was minted, leaving its total supply unaffected.

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AI take

The key detail is that this was a state-forging bug in the VM layer, not a token contract flaw — a reminder that execution-environment code carries risk that asset-level audits may not cover. The claim that total supply and INIT were untouched narrows the damage to accounting and backing questions rather than dilution, but unbacked credits still raise the issue of who absorbs the loss. Whether the affected assets were fully collateralized before the exploit, and how the caching flaw is patched across other MoveVM deployments, is the open question worth watching.

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