Across Protocol recovers site after domain-linked phishing incident

Across Protocol has restored its website following a phishing incident in which attackers redirected users away from the protocol’s legitimate online presence. Crypto.news reports the disruption was enabled by a domain hijack connected to registrar Namecheap, while Cointelegraph describes a social-engineering attack targeting Namecheap that led users to a phishing site. The underlying cross-chain bridge was not described as compromised in the supplied coverage. Crypto.news estimates that users lost approximately $350,000 during the incident. According to that outlet, Across Protocol has promised to reimburse affected users, making reimbursement a central part of the protocol’s response. Cointelegraph’s coverage corroborates the attack vector but does not provide a separate loss estimate in its supplied summary. The two reports converge on the importance of domain security in protecting protocol users. The reported mechanism was not a failure of the cross-chain bridge itself; instead, social engineering against the domain registrar enabled attackers to redirect visitors toward a fraudulent interface. That distinction matters because users could still be exposed to asset-stealing phishing pages through a trusted entry point even if the protocol’s on-chain systems remained unaffected. The website’s restoration marked the end of the reported redirection period, according to Crypto.news. The remaining issues include the scope of affected transactions, the practical delivery of reimbursements, and whether the domain setup is changed to reduce the risk of another redirection attempt. The supplied reports do not specify the number of victims, the precise dates of the attack, or whether losses have already been returned. Market conditions provided little sign of a broad shift alongside the incident. Total crypto market capitalization is $2.52 trillion and the overall market is flat. Bitcoin is down 0.89% over 24 hours, while the Fear & Greed Index stands at 29, placing sentiment in the Fear zone. No specific coin tied to the incident was identified, so these figures serve as wider market context rather than evidence of a reaction to the phishing attack.