SushiSwap Narrowly Escaped A $350 Million DeFi Hack, Here’s How
The DeFi exchange SushiSwap would have joined the many projects that lost millions to the dubious activities of online hackers. For instance, Poly network lost $600 million in a similar hack one week ago. The good news is that the miscreants have returned many of the assets. It could have been a terrible blow if Sushiswap followed suit with a $350 million loss after Poly Network. Luckily, a white-hat hacker saved the day for the firm. Samczsun, a Paradigm research partner shared the report. According to him, the investigation on the smart contract code for the “BitDAO token sale” started....
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