Bridge Incident Registry
Incident case

Rubic 2022 RBC/BRBC bridge wallet compromise

A private key for an administrative wallet used by Rubic's former RBC/BRBC bridge and staking rewards was compromised. Rubic reported that approximately 35 million RBC/BRBC were sold and that the former native bridge had already been disabled and replaced by an external bridge.

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Incident facts

Incident title
Rubic 2022 RBC/BRBC bridge wallet compromise
Bridge
Rubic
Incident date
2022-11-02
Incident type
Abnormal Transfers
Major incident
Yes
Affected chains
Ethereum, BNB Chain
Affected assets
RBC, BRBC, ETH
Attack category
Operator Or Governance Issue
Reported loss
35 million RBC/BRBC sold; approximately 138 ETH proceeds reported
Recovery
Unknown
Reimbursement
Not Applicable
Restart
Replaced
Current outcome
Deprecated After Incident
Resolution
Unresolved
Last reviewed
2026-07-28
Last verified
2026-07-28

Timeline events

  • Rubic native RBC/BRBC bridge disabled2022-10

    Rubic reported that its native RBC/BRBC bridge was disabled at the end of October and replaced in practice by an external bridge solution.

    DeprecatedHigh

  • RBC/BRBC bridge wallet compromise occurred2022-11-02

    Unauthorized actions using a compromised administrative-wallet private key released assets associated with the former RBC/BRBC bridge.

    Hack DisclosedHigh

  • Rubic disclosed token sales and attacker proceeds2022-11-04

    Rubic reported approximately 35 million RBC/BRBC sold and approximately 138 ETH proceeds remaining in the marked attacker wallet.

    Funds LostHigh

  • Rubic announced tokenomics relaunch after collateral break2022-11-29

    Rubic stated that the additional RBC supply broke the RBC/BRBC collateral relationship and proposed relaunching the token with new tokenomics.

    Migration AnnouncedHigh

Evidence records

Known unknowns