Avalanche-Based Stars Arena Falls Victim To A $3 Million Exploit, TVL Tanks B...

Avalanche-Based Stars Arena Falls Victim To A $3 Million Exploit, TVL Tanks B...

Stars Arena, a decentralized social media platform built on the Avalanche network, has suffered a major security breach, resulting in the loss of a significant amount of cryptocurrency. This comes barely a day after the decentralized application (dApp) reportedly fixed a loophole in its smart contract. On Thursday, October 5, the Stars Arena team said – via a post on X (formerly Twitter) – that it has averted a security exploit, which could have led to the loss of over $1 million worth of funds.  Stars Arena Loses $2.9 Million To Attack, PeckShield Reveals On Saturday, October....


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