Initia Halts Blockchain and Rollups After Reported $2.6M Exploit
Blockchain researchers said an attacker minted 2 million AUSD and moved about $2.73 million in crypto before Initia paused operations.
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Initia halts blockchain and rollups after reported $2.6M exploit
Initia has halted its layer-1 blockchain and rollups after security researcher Spreek reported unauthorized token minting and approximately $2.6 million cashed out by an attacker. Initia confirmed in its Oct. 23 statement that the suspension took effect at 3:41:30 p.m.…
Reports of Hackers Minting Tokens, Moving Millions to Ethereum
Initia halted its layer-1 blockchain and rollups after blockchain sleuths reported an exploit that allowed an attacker to mint tokens without authorization and drain more than $2.6 million in crypto assets. The network was halted at 3:41 p.m. UTC on Friday following a security incident, Initia said in a post on X. The team said […]
Initia Halts Network After Day 0 Bug Enables Unauthorized Token Minting
Initia halted its Layer 1 blockchain and connected rollups on October 23 after a security incident allowed an attacker to mint tokens without authorization and move approximately $2.7 million worth of assets out before the network was stopped. Initia co-founder Ezaan Mangalji said preliminary findings point to a previously unknown bug in the network's MoveVM implementation on the Cosmos SDK. The vulnerability allowed unauthorized token minting b…
Initia Suspends Blockchain After Reported $2.6M+ Exploit Drain
Initia has paused operations of its layer-1 network and rollups after security researchers reported an exploit that allegedly enabled unauthorized token minting and the drainage of crypto funds. The halt was initiated at 3:41 p.m. UTC on Friday, according to a post from Initia on X, as the team coordinated with validators, exchanges, and external [...]
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