Berachain Halts Network to Contain Balancer-Linked Exploit, Conduct ‘Emergency Hard Fork’

Berachain’s validators coordinated an emergency network shutdown after exposure to a vulnerability related to the Balancer V2 exploitthe core group of the project said on Monday.

“Berachain’s validators have coordinated to shut down the network on purpose as the core team performs an emergency hard fork to address Balancer V2’s exploits on the BEX,” the Berachain Foundation told X. “The shutdown was performed on purpose, and the network will be operational shortly after recovering all affected funds.”