DeFi Built On Terra Succumbed To A $90 Million Exploit, Goes Unnoticed For Se...
Mirror Protocol, a DeFi application built on the old Terra blockchain, was attacked by a $90 million exploit in October 2021, and it remained entirely undiscovered until last week. The attacker was able to unlock collateral from the protocol multiple times while just paying a little fee each time. Terra’s DeFi Attacked Seven Months Ago […]
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