How DeFi Oracle Attacks Put Lending Protocols at Risk

In a DeFi lending market, a price can decide how much someone may borrow or whether their collateral is sold to repay a loan. Even when a smart contract follows its rules, the outcome can be unsafe if the price it receives is misleading.That dependency creates an opening for DeFi oracle attacks. An oracle supplies information a blockchain cannot determine for itself, such as an asset’s market price. An attacker does not always need to compromise the oracle network; they may exploit the mar