NEAR Intents Hacked for $3.8 Million, Services Partially Resumed

The multichain transaction protocol NEAR Intents was hacked for $3.8 million due to a vulnerability in its Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure. The protocol halted services on October 1, 2026, at 2 p.m. GMT+1, but later reported that the vulnerability was patched and trading resumed on most networks. Deposits and withdrawals remain unavailable for several chains, including BSC, Polygon, and TON, until the infrastructure is fully secured. Crypto investigator ZachXBT noted that stolen funds were moved to KuCoin and bridged to Bitcoin. Previously, NEAR Intents had frozen $503,000 in stolen funds linked to the Bitget exchange hack.