Binance Hacker Put Millions Of New BNB In Circulation, What Does This Mean Fo...

Binance Hacker Put Millions Of New BNB In Circulation, What Does This Mean Fo...

In the early hours of Friday, news broke that a hacker had been able to successfully exploit the BNB Chain. However, unlike decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks that have become prominent in the crypto market, the hacker did not steal user funds. They had actually brought new BNB coins into circulation, in what would be one of the largest hacks recorded in crypto so far. Hack Puts New BNB In Circulation The hack had happened directly on the Binance bridge, where the attacker had been able to somehow convince the bridge to send them millions of new tokens. The attack happened in two waves,....


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