CoinDesk·4 min read·hard
How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk
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Oliver Knight
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Security researchers at Hexens discovered a critical 'stale-cache' vulnerability in the Aptos blockchain that could have potentially compromised billions in assets. Aptos Labs patched the flaw immediately upon notification, stating that no user funds were impacted and the bug had low real-world exploitability.
At the center of the disclosure was a flaw in Aptos, a layer-1 blockchain built on Move, the smart contract language used by Aptos and Sui, that stems from Facebook’s shelved Diem project .
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