{
  "id": 2962878,
  "title": "Ethereum lending app Term Finance loses $8.5 million after attacker buys voting power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/ethereum-lending-app-term-finance-loses-8-5-million-after-attacker",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:27:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/24/ethereum-lending-app-term-finance-loses-usd8-5-million-after-attacker-buys-voting-power"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The exploit shows how lightly held voting tokens can become a means of attack when control of a protocol is cheaper than the assets it governs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "DeFi lending protocol Term Finance loses an estimated $8.5 million to governance exploit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/defi-lending-protocol-term-finance-loses-an-estimated-8-5-million-to",
        "published": "2026-08-23T20:50:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}