Attackers Drain Millions From Cover Protocol, Token Holders Attack Compensati...

Attackers Drain Millions From Cover Protocol, Token Holders Attack Compensati...

Decentralized finance insurance project Cover protocol briefly suffered losses when an unknown attacker minted over 40 quintillion Cover tokens. However, after successfully cashing out tokens worth about $5 million, the attacker unexpectedly returned ether tokens valued at about $3.2 million before leaving a message for the Cover team. Exploit No Longer Possible Immediately after the attack, the value of the insurance protocol’s token plummeted by over 94% to $34 at the time of writing. After the incident, the Cover team immediately acknowledged the attack and went on to warn....


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