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How $323M in crypto was stolen from a blockchain bridge called Wormhole

Getty Images reader comments 91 with 54 posters participating, including story author Share this story This is a story about how a simple software bug allowed the fourth-biggest cryptocurrency theft ever. Hackers stole more than $323 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting a vulnerability in Wormhole, a Web-based service that allows inter-blockchain transactions. Wormhole lets people move… Read More »

Really stupid “smart contract” bug let hackers steal $31 million in digital coin

reader comments 80 with 60 posters participating, including story author Share this story Blockchain startup MonoX Finance said on Wednesday that a hacker stole $31 million by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts. The company uses a decentralized finance protocol known as MonoX that lets users trade digital currency… Read More »

Cryptocurrency launchpad hit by $3 million supply chain attack

reader comments 37 with 25 posters participating, including story author Share this story SushiSwap’s chief technology officer says the company’s MISO platform has been hit by a software supply chain attack. SushiSwap is a community-driven decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that lets users swap, earn, lend, borrow, and leverage cryptocurrency assets all from one place. Launched earlier this year,… Read More »