A white-hat actor has returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $268 million to the Liquid Federation after exploiting a vulnerability. The actor still holds 598.5 BTC worth roughly $47 million. CertiK Alert reported the transfer on September 7 after the actor communicated with Blockstream about the incident. The returned Bitcoin represents most of the nearly 4,000...Read More
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CALIFORNIA—On Friday, September 4, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that Calvin Lane was out of custody on reduced bail when he absconded before closing arguments last week at his trial for sex trafficking a young woman and a teenage girl in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Dijon O’Neal, a convicted violent sex...Read More
Nearly 4,000 Bitcoin, valued at about $320 million, was withdrawn from the Liquid Federation wallet in a security incident that forced the Bitcoin sidechain to halt bridge activity. The Liquid Network shared in a post on X, saying, “We are aware of a security incident on Liquid_BTC. Purported white-hat hackers have withdrawn ~4,000 BTC (~$320...Read More
The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain developed by Blockstream, was drained of roughly 4,000 bitcoin worth about $320 million on Sunday. The person or people behind the exploit said they were white hat hackers and communicated with Blockstream through messages embedded in Bitcoin transactions using OP_RETURN. The attackers have since returned 3,400 bitcoin to the...Read More
