Wormhole token bridge loses $321M in largest hack so far in 2022
The token bridge between Ethereum and Solana saw 120K wETH tokens removed from the platform and distributed between the hacker’s Solana and ETH wallets. The Wormhole token bridge experienced a security exploit today, resulting in the loss of 120,000 wETH tokens ($321 million) from the platform.Wormhole is a token bridge that allows users to send and receive crypto between Ethereum, Solana, BSC, Polygon, Avalanche, Oasis, and Terra without the use of a centralized exchange (CEX). This is the largest crypto hack of 2022 so far and the second largest DeFi hack to date. The Wormhole team has....
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Wormhole token bridge that links the Ethereum and Solana blockchains, seemingly an unimportant piece of tech for its function, lost over $321 million Wednesday afternoon. This is the largest attack to date on Solana. A competitor to Ethereum that’s progressively gaining grip in the non-fungible token (NFT) and DeFi ecosystems. The $600 million Poly Network crypto heist was bigger, but it involved cryptocurrencies rather than blockchain technology, which may explain why critics call this new development “pretty historic.” The heist occurred on Solana’s side. The....
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