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KITE contains Ethereum mainnet token attack, foundation says no coins lost

Summary by Cryptopolitan
The Kite Foundation shared on X on August 6 that it caught and shut down an attack on its KITE token running on Ethereum mainnet. It stated that no tokens were taken. For a project that spent early 2026 as one of the few new tokens climbing into the top 100, the incident is an unwelcome entry into a summer defined by hacks. KITE now joins Boltz, AQUA, ZEUS, and a growing list of DeFi protocols that have been probed or drained over the past two w…
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Key points of the news: The Kite Foundation detected and managed to contain an attack on its native token on the Ethereum mainnet, no loss of funds was reported. The token currently operates around $0.104, reflecting a drop of more than 67% from its historical peak of $0.3212 recorded on March 6. This incident adds to a series of AI-assisted attacks that affected Boltz, AQUA Wallet and ZEUS in the last two weeks. The Kite Foundation announced th…

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Cryptopolitan broke the news on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
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