Get 40% Off
👀 👁 🧿 All eyes on Biogen, up +4,56% after posting earnings. Our AI picked it in March 2024.
Which stocks will surge next?
Unlock AI-picked Stocks

Multichain Users Criticize Company After $3M Hacking Loss

Published 01/20/2022, 11:30 AM
Updated 01/20/2022, 11:30 AM
Multichain Users Criticize Company After $3M Hacking Loss

  • Multichain users have lost more than $3 million due to a security vulnerability.
  • The users criticize that the company is not unfolding crisp information about the issue.
  • Affected cryptocurrencies include Wrapped Ether (wETH), Official Mars Token (OMT), PERI Finance (PERI), Polygon (MATIC), Wrapped Binance Coin (wBNB), and Avalanche (AVAX).

Hackers have taken advantage of the vulnerability of cross-chain router protocol (CRP) Multichain on January 17, leading to a loss of $3 million.

Consequently, many Multichain users have commented on the company’s Telegram channel and other social media platforms that the company fails to bring forth clear information on the persisting problems and lacks support.

What is more, VICE Motherboard Senior reporter Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai tweeted that the hack against Multichain users is only getting worse.

Chainlink podcaster and commentator ChainLinkGod.eth 2.0 tweeted to more than 130,000 followers:

The complication started earlier this week when Multichain urged its users to cancel approvals for six tokens to protect their assets from security vulnerabilities. These tokens were Wrapped Ether (wETH), Official Mars Token (OMT), PERI Finance (PERI), Polygon (MATIC), Wrapped Binance Coin (wBNB), and Avalanche (AVAX).

On Tuesday, the company tweeted that hackers had siphoned nearly $1.4 million wETH from the users. In December, Multichain, earlier known as Anyswap, had raised $60 million in a seed funding round led by Binance Labs. Total valuation of the company is $8.8 billion.

3rd party Ad. Not an offer or recommendation by Investing.com. See disclosure here or remove ads .

Continue reading on CoinQuora

Latest comments

Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers.
© 2007-2024 - Fusion Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.