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Polygon MATIC Forum / Well-meaning hacker saved Polygon from $20 billion loss
« on: December 30, 2021, 09:56:57 AM »
A very scary title, but true.It was announced that a hacker found and reported a bug that put 9 billion MATICs on the network at risk. The hacker was given a $2.2 million bounty.
Another group of hackers managed to steal $1.4 million MATIC.Using the nickname "Leon Spacewalker" on GitHub, the hacker reported a bug in the Polygon smart contract to Polygon employees on December 3rd. The bug has been fully fixed by the protocol engineers as of December 5th
https://newsoffinance.com/well-meaning-hacker-saved-polygon-from-20-billion-disaster/
Another group of hackers managed to steal $1.4 million MATIC.Using the nickname "Leon Spacewalker" on GitHub, the hacker reported a bug in the Polygon smart contract to Polygon employees on December 3rd. The bug has been fully fixed by the protocol engineers as of December 5th
https://newsoffinance.com/well-meaning-hacker-saved-polygon-from-20-billion-disaster/