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

Berachain validators coordinated an emergency network halt after exposure to a vulnerability tied to the Balancer V2 exploit, the project’s core team said on Monday.

“The Berachain validators have coordinated to purposefully halt the network as the core team performs an emergency hard fork to address Balancer V2-related exploits on the BEX,” the Berachain Foundation said on X. “The halt has been executed purposefully, and the network will be operational shortly upon recovering all affected funds.”