Secret Network’s Axelar bridge drained for $4.67 million in infinite-mint exploit that went unnoticed for seven days

Secret Network says about $770,000 of the stolen funds still sits in the attacker's Axelar wallet, and that Axelar declined its request to freeze it....
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