DNS ATTACK KNOCKS AERODROME AND VELODROME FRONT-ENDS OFFLINE

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Base's Aerodrome and Optimism's Velodrome suffered a DNS hijack that redirected users from their primary domains to scam front-ends, forcing both DEXs to push traders toward decentralized mirror links while they work on a fix and emphasize that core smart contracts remain unaffected. The incident, similar to a 2023 domain compromise, demonstrates how centralized DNS remains a key security weak point even for leading DeFi protocols and comes just months before the projects merge into a unified Aero platform.