On August 31, 2026, the Injective layer-1 blockchain stopped processing blocks for nearly four hours after a potential exploit. The chain froze at block height 181,027,006, with the outage lasting 3 hours and 42 minutes.

What Happened

During that window, Injective's blockchain wasn't producing new blocks. The downtime spanned 3 hours and 42 minutes, starting from block 181,027,006.

Possible Attack Vector

On-chain analysts say an attacker may have exploited quirks in Injective's binary options to trick the protocol and drain almost $5 million. The incident is still being labeled a "possible exploit" for now, and no confirmed technical details have been released yet.