Ether Price Plumets; Ethereum DAO May Be Hacked

Ether Price Plumets; Ethereum DAO May Be Hacked

Ethereum took a drastic dive this morning as news came in that the DAO smart contract address is being drained of ether in an ongoing and developing news story. Millions of ether are moving to an unkown address with some suggesting that it may be a recursive split hack. Griff Green, spokesman for slockit, the creators of the Dao, stated on the DAO slack channel: “The DAO is being attacked. It has been going on for 3-4 hours, it is draining ETH at a rapid rate. This is not a drill. You can help: If anyone knows who has the split proposals Congo Split, Beer Split and FUN-SPLT-42, please DM....


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