A whitehat hacker is holding $320 million in drained Bitcoin until developers prove they patched a fatal network flaw
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SideSwap says bug-created L-BTC passed a valid authorization as bridge nodes paused and reserve reconciliation became the restart test. The post A whitehat hacker is holding $320 million in drained Bitcoin until developers prove they patched a fatal network flaw appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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