$1.5B crypto hack losses expose bug bounty flaws
Ethical hacker Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that an “out of scope” bug led to the biggest hack in crypto history.
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Ethical hacker Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that an “out of scope” bug led to the biggest hack in crypto history.
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