Verge Tries To Downplay Minute Hack Inward Ii Months...
This fourth dimension the hackers managed to funnel 35 1 thou k XVG to themselves (worth $1.7 million) - final fourth dimension was solely 250,000 XVG.
The hack was pointed out past times the same Bitcointalk user ''ocminer'' who pointed out the outset 1 - he says the hackers are using a slightly updated version of the same onetime exploit, which was never fully fixed...
"Since null actually was done well-nigh the previous attacks (only a band-aid), the attackers right away only usage ii algos to fork the chain for their ain usage together with are gaining millions:
Both algos, scrypt together with lyra2re tin live rented easily for a few bucks at nicehash, they only transportation 1 block scrypt, later that a block lyra2re together with then on together with all amongst manipulated timestamps therefore lowering diff to lowest possible mining several blocks per infinitesimal similar this".
The most disturbing purpose inwards my sentiment - Verge isn't fifty-fifty acknowledging what happened - they're lying to their followers past times labeling this a "DDOS" laid on (which is a unproblematic agency to pick out downwardly servers past times overloading them amongst requests). Nothing well-nigh this fifty-fifty resembles a DDOS attack. Yet Verge nonetheless tweeted the following:
"it appears closed to mining pools are nether ddos attack, together with nosotros are experiencing a delay inwards our blocks, nosotros are working to resolve this."
No farther update from Verge has been provided since this tweet 24hrs ago.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 tip for the folks at Verge - get a hack amongst honesty. The solely affair that tin larn inwards worse, is lying well-nigh what happened. People would much rather know you lot establish the problem, empathise it, together with are fixing it.
Author: Adam Lee
Asia News Desk
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