This DeFi Protocol Just Got Hacked for $6.9 Million – Here’s What Happened
Lodestar Finance, a DeFi protocol built on Ethereum’s Arbitrum network, lost $6.9m in an exploit over the weekend where an attacker was able to manipulate a price oracle. In a statement published on Sunday, the team behi...
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In a statement published on Sunday, the team behind Lodestar admitted that the hack has created “a bad situation” and that “options are limited.”...
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