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**Final day to submit claims for CoW Protocol domain hijack compensation** Victims of the CoW.Fi domain hijacking incident have until **today, May 14** to submit claims for discretionary grants. **Required information:** - Impacted wallet address - Transaction hashes - Affected assets - Your name Send claims to help@cow.fi with subject line: *Discretionary Grant Claim for CoW.Fi Domain Hijack Incident* Full eligibility details: [forum.cow.fi](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-86-discretionary-grants-program-for-victims-of-the-cow-fi-domain-hijacking/3431/11) **Action needed:** If you were affected or know someone who was, submit your claim before the deadline expires.

CoW Protocol announced it will compensate affected users following a security incident, despite the failure not originating from their platform. **Key Points:** - The protocol is taking responsibility by making affected users whole - Decision reflects their commitment to user trust and relationships - Security breach occurred outside CoW Protocol's direct control The move demonstrates the platform's dedication to maintaining community trust, even when technical failures stem from external sources. CoW Protocol continues to prioritize user security and well-being during this challenging period.

**CoW DAO has passed CIP-86**, a community governance proposal establishing a discretionary grants program. The program will reimburse users who lost funds during the April 14 DNS hijacking incident on CoW Swap. **Key details:** - The proposal passed through community governance vote - Aims to make victims whole as quickly as possible - Addresses losses from the domain hijacking attack The incident involved significant sums, requiring formal governance approval before implementation. The community discussed proposal details on the [CoW DAO forum](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-discretionary-grants-program-for-victims-of-the-cow-fi-domain-hijacking/3431).

**CoW DAO is reimbursing users affected by an April 14 DNS hijacking attack**, even though the protocol itself was never compromised. **What happened:** - Attackers used social engineering to gain control of cow.fi domain from the registrar for ~4.5 hours - A phishing site mimicked CoW Swap, tricking users into approving malicious transactions - Attack occurred in two phases: wallet drainer, then fake modals harvesting seed phrases - CoW Protocol's backend and APIs remained secure throughout **Response:** - Domain control was recovered and full post-mortem published - DAO proposed discretionary grants program to make victims whole - All security tokens rotated, deployments audited, activity logs reviewed - Temporary instance launched at swap.cow.finance during recovery **The decision reflects CoW DAO's stance that user protection matters regardless of where the vulnerability occurred.** The compensation requires governance approval due to the amounts involved. [Forum proposal details](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-discretionary-grants-program-for-victims-of-the-cow-fi-domain-hijacking/3431)

CoW Protocol has introduced **Atomic Bundles**, a reusable smart contract template enabling developers to execute complex, multi-step DeFi operations atomically in a single settlement. **Key capabilities include:** - Loop-borrow-redeposit strategies - Repay debt with collateral - Flashloan-enabled executions - Atomic open/close flows for perpetuals - Multi-step payment and treasury operations All executions maintain CoW Protocol's core features: solver competition, MEV protection, and surplus generation. **For builders**, Atomic Bundles simplify development across lending (one-click looping, collateral swaps), perpetuals (atomic open/close flows), and payments (multi-step flows with zero mid-execution risk). Previously, developers needed to write custom wrapper contracts from scratch for each use case. Now they can fork the template, add their logic, and plug into CoW Protocol's solver network. Read more: [Introducing Atomic Bundles](https://cow.fi/learn/intents-can-now-do-more-introducing-atomic-bundles)