One of the popular blockchain platforms wormholeannounced that they were hacked. Wormhole, which published an announcement to reach hackers, underlined that if the vulnerability is reported, a reward of 10 million dollars will be given.
DeFi platforms are a financial tool developed for crypto money transfer by disabling intermediary institutions. The famous DeFi platform Wormhole offers the possibility of transferring cryptocurrencies between decentralized blockchain networks.
The first statement from the cyber-attacked crypto exchange!
It was claimed that a cyber attack was carried out on the world-famous cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com. The first statement came from the CEO of the company.
$324 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Wormhole platform
Wormhole made a statement on Twitter about the incident. 324 million dollars worth wETH and Ethereum announced it was stolen. The company also stated that the systems were shut down due to maintenance work.
Blockchain analytics firm elliptic In his statement, he underlined that the attack is one of the biggest crypto thefts of all time. to DeFi service The incident, which is considered the second biggest theft case, aroused repercussions on social media.
Tom Robinson of the Elliptic team said, “Wormhole developers are asking for details of the hacker attack and for the return of the stolen cryptocurrency. 10 million dollars made an offer. Attackers stole 120,000 Ethereum from the Solana blockchain.” used the phrases.
Announcing that the vulnerability was closed, Wormhole announced that they are working to restore the network. The developer team declined to respond to questions posed by media outlets.