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Fantom Foundation’s wallet was stolen due to a Chrome vulnerability

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On the evening of October 17, the DeFi neighborhood of the social network X continued to get feverish data. This incident is due to the Fantom Foundation’s wallet staying drained due to Chrome vulnerabilities.

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A extended-standing vulnerability in the Chrome browser is believed to be the key cause for the Fantom Foundation withdrawing money from its wallet. Damages have been estimated in the hundreds of 1000’s of bucks.

The Fantom Foundation allegedly drained one particular of their wallets through a Chrome zero day pic.twitter.com/PhBO2TtsAt

— Spreek (@spreekaway) October 17, 2023

According to the Spreek account, the organization’s Ethereum and Fantom wallets have been withdrawn by hackers. The most probably kind of assault is phishing.

The Fantom staff claimed that the over siphoning pursuits occurred with scorching wallets and most of the organization’s assets have been stored in cold wallets.

In addition to the Fantom Foundation’s wallet, some other members of the organization have been also attacked in their individual wallets. According to The Block’s sources, the wallet of Andre Cronje (lead developer of the Fantom Foundation) was also a victim of the over assault.

*STOLEN Money ON FANTOM BELONG TO THE Worker NOT THE Basis: ANDRE CRONJE – THE BLOCK Professional

– Headlines from The Block Pro (@theblockupdates) October 17, 2023

At the second, the actual amount of damages and the in depth report on the leads to of residence theft have not been officially announced.

If the harm is higher than estimated, the Fantom Foundation and over all the Fantom ecosystem will enter into crisis from communication to merchandise growth.

Previously, the Multichain Bridge incident had dealt a significant blow to the complete volume of assets locked on the network. Additionally, the Fantom ecosystem continually receives dissolution data from essential tasks.

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