Hackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network, Then Return Most of It
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to drain about 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network's federation wallet, then returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream patched.
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3 articles · newest firstLiquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to take ~4,000 BTC from Liquid Network, returned 3,400 BTC (~$265M), and still hold ~598.5 BTC (~$47M).
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Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they're the good guys
Attackers withdrew about 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network's federation wallet via a SideSwap peg-out, claiming whitehat status.
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- Blockstreamvendor · 3
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- Liquid Networkproduct · 3
- SideSwapvendor · 3
- Blockstreamorganization · 2
- Elementsproduct · 2
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- Ledgervendor · 1
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- Bitruevendor · 1
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- Liquid Networkvendor · 1
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