DeFi Protocol Rho Markets Suffers $7.6 Million Loss Scare With Gray Hat Hackers
In an interesting turn of events, Rho Markets, a lending protocol based on the Ethereum layer two networks Scroll, has had a daunting experience with grey hat hackers involving the temporary loss of $7.6 million in users’ assets. Rho Markets’ Security Breach Exposed By Gray Hat In an X post on Friday, Rho Markets announced […]
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