Aethir stopped the bridge hack after the contract exploit
Aether, a decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure designed for artificial intelligence, confirmed the attack on the bridge contracts and said it stopped the exploit.
The platform said on Friday that it had attacked and discovered the Ethereum (ATH) bridge contracts that connect Ethereum to other chains.
The team behind Ether said it immediately canceled the compromised contracts and kept the damage under $90,000 by registering wallets that were monitored with major exchanges.
The update comes a day after blockchain analytics platform PeckShield reported on Thursday that Ethereum's cross-chain smart contract had been exploited. Estimating the loss at $400,000, the PeckShield exploit pointed to several addresses linking the stolen funds from the BNB Chain to Tron.
Ether's response comes amid a broader wave of decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks in which attackers stole nearly $170 million from multiple protocols in the first quarter of 2026.
Ethereum says it plans to compensate The main supply of ATH on Ethereum is not affected.
After canceling the broken contracts, Ethereum's original ATH supply on Ethereum is completely intact and untouched.
The platform said it will release a full compensation plan next week and share a list of attacker wallets.
“Ether is fully operational,” Ether said, adding that the platform is working with authorities and exchanges to freeze the funds and track down the attackers.
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Among the partner exchanges that responded to the attack, Atir cited exchanges such as Binance, South Korea's Apbit and Bitumb, as well as HTX. Web3's cybersecurity platform noted that ZeroShadow contributed expert analysis to the hacking investigation.
Ether reported record revenue in 2025
ATR is a decentralized GPU cloud computing network that provides a distributed infrastructure for AI, gaming and enterprise workloads. Rather than relying on centralized data centers, ATR aggregates GPU resources across a global network.
The platform is expected to generate $127.8 million in revenue by 2025, according to the Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) stack, which counts at least 440,000 GPU containers in 94 countries.
The platform is backed by major Web3 investors who have raised more than $140 million in ecosystem funding, including Animoca Brands, Hashkey and others.
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