My Shared Links — Week 40/2022
Collection of the resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #40 of 2022.
Hacker steals $566 million worth of crypto from Binance Bridge
Hackers have reportedly stolen 2 million Binance Coins (BNB), worth $566 million, from the Binance Bridge.
Details are scant at the moment, but the attack appears to have started at 2:30 PM EST on Oct. 6, with the attacker’s wallet receiving two transactions each consisting of 1,000,000 BNB.
Soon after the hacker began spreading some of the funds across a variety of liquidity pools, attempting to transfer the BNB into other assets.
Binance acknowledged the security incident at 6:19 PM EST and paused the BNB Smart Chain while they investigated the incident.
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