Hacker Scoops Up $2 Million Bounty After Spotting Fatal Flaw In Ethereum Rollup
A hacker has made off with $2 million in bug bounty after finding an alarming vulnerability with the Ethereum network. This bug could have been very bad if it had been found by black hat hackers who could have exploited the digital asset for billions of dollars worth of ETH. Instead, a ‘grey hat’ hacker popularly known as Saurik informed the Ethereum team of the vulnerability, netting himself a sizable reward in return. Finding The Vulnerability On Ethereum Hacker Saurik had found the vulnerability on Optimism, an Ethereum layer 2 rollup solution. The hacker himself published a report as....
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