🗣️⚠️ Alleged Wormhole security bug: hacker included in 670 million token airdrop"
🚨Wormhole (W), accidentally included his previous hacker's wallet addresses in a recent airdrop of 670 million tokens. This oversight made the hacker temporarily eligible to claim approximately $50,000 in Wormhole's newly released W tokens.
The incident was brought to light by a pseudonymous researcher, Pland, who shared his findings in a detailed post. According to the investigation, the Wormhole team failed to exclude several wallet addresses associated with the 2022 exploit that resulted in the theft of $321 million in cryptocurrency from the platform.
Wormhole has since revoked the allocation of tokens to the hacker's addresses, but the situation serves as a reminder of the potential risks and oversights that can occur within the complex and rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance (DeFi).
As Wormhole continues to grow and expand its ecosystem, it will be crucial for the project to maintain vigilant security measures and protocols to protect user funds and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
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