The Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 ZKSYNC (ZK) ladder solution underwent an important feat, resulting in a loss of $ 5 million of ZK tokens.
The breach, which targeted the intelligent contract infrastructure of the platform, was recognized by the protocol via an article on the social media platform X.
“The ZKSYNC security team has identified a compromised administration account which has taken control of ~ $ 5 million of ZK tokens – the remaining non -claimed tokens of the ZKSYNC air card. Necessary security measures are taken.
All user funds are safe and have never been at risk. The ZKSYNC protocol and the ZK token contract have remained safe, and no other ZK is in danger.
It is an isolated incident caused by a compromised key and confined to the Ardrop contract of ZK token.
The survey is underway and a detailed update will be shared later during the day. »»
The attack, which would have been carried out by a sophisticated vulnerability in the zero knowledge proof mechanism of Zksync, allowed the attacker to drain the funds from several portfolios. Blockchain security companies are investigating the incident.
Last month, an eminent blockchain investigator Zachxbt said that government regulations to prevent constantly evolving cryptography hacks.
“This industry is incredibly cooked with regard to exploits / hacks and unfortunately IDK if the industry wants to solve this problem itself, unless the government has forcibly passed from regulations that harm our entire industry.
Several “decentralized” protocols have recently derived almost 100% of their monthly volume / cost derived from the RPDC (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and refuse to take all responsibility. »»
ZK is negotiated at $ 0.046 at the time of the editorial staff, a drop of 7.5% compared to the day.
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