Everscale, one of the blockchain projects using the Telegram Open Network architecture, encountered a major theft incident.
EVER, the token of Everscale, one of the Layer 1 projects, has increased in the last 24 hours. lost more than 20% of its value.
Everscale team made a statement after this movement in the token price: “Friends, unfortunately a large amount of EVER tokens were stolen.” message published.
To stop the attackers, the Everscale team shut down Octus Bridge and contacted the cryptocurrency exchanges where EVER was listed to prevent further token issuance.
Octus Bridge, part of the Everscale ecosystem, is used to perform cross-chain transactions between Ethereum, BNB, Polygon, Solana, Avalanche and Fantom networks.
“Please stay calm and avoid making hasty decisions.” said the Everscale team, “We will share more details as we clarify the situation within the scope of the investigation.” conveyed his message.
According to CoinGecko data, EVER token has increased in the last 24 hours. lost 22.3% value and decreased from $0.032 to $0.025.