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Cryptocurrency exchange WazirX loses $230 million in cyber attack

Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange Wazir X said on Thursday (July 18) that it lost more than $230 million in a cyber attack.
“This is a force majeure event beyond our control, but we are sparing no effort to locate and recover the funds,” the company said in a statement. preliminary report posted on its website. “We have already blocked some deposits and have reached out to concerned wallets for recovery. We are in contact with the best resources to help us in this endeavor.”
WazirX said in the report that the cyberattack targeted one of its multisig wallets that use the services of Injunctiondigital asset custody and wallet infrastructure.
The wallet has six signatories responsible for transaction verifications, and approval from three WazirX signatories and one Liminal signatory was typically required for a transaction, according to the report.
The company also whitelisted destination addresses to enhance security, according to the report.
“The cyberattack arose from a discrepancy between the data displayed on the Liminal interface and the actual content of the transaction,” WazirX said in the report. “During the cyberattack, there was a mismatch between the information displayed on the Liminal interface and what was actually signed. We suspect that the payload was replaced to transfer control of the wallet to an attacker.”
Liminal said on a Thursday publish at X that its platform has not been breached and that its infrastructure, wallets and assets remain secure.
“Our preliminary investigations show that one of the self-custodial multisig smart contract wallets created outside of the Liminal ecosystem has been compromised,” the company said in the post.
Added in another publish that WazirX wallets created on the Liminal platform remain secure and that all malicious transactions occur outside the Liminal platform.
“Following our strict security protocols, the Liminal team is also readily assisting the WazirX team as they carry out their investigation,” Liminal said in a third publish.
Blockchain Data Company TRM Laboratories said on July 5 that the amount of cryptocurrency stolen by hackers more than doubled compared to last year.
The total increased from $657 million in crypto in the first half of 2023 to $1.38 billion in the first half of 2024, according to the company.
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came back with a vengeance this year when former President Donald Trump Cryptocurrency boosts US presidential election in November with ‘revolutionary’ plan.
The price of bitcoin has surged to more than its all-time high in recent months, surpassing $70,000 per bitcoin and triggering a wave of mega-optimistic predictions about the price of bitcointhough it fell again this week, falling below $65,000 after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady.
Now, as Elon Musk suddenly breaks his silence on bitcoin and cryptocurrenciesBillionaire investor Mark Cuban called a California plan to digitize 42 million car titles using blockchain an “incredible step forward” and “huge” for cryptocurrencies.
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Mark Cuban, famous Shark Tank investor and billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has… [+] called a cryptocurrency update “amazing” amid bitcoin’s price slump.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain, it was reported by Reuters, through technology company Oxhead Alpha on the Avalanche blockchain and designed to detect fraud and facilitate the securities transfer process.
“This is an incredible development for crypto,” Cuban, best known as an investor on TV’s Shark Tank and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, posted on X, joking that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler could sue the state as part of his hostility toward cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
“The reason this is huge for crypto is because people who hold the tokens will have an app with an Avalanche wallet,” Cuban said. “Tens of millions of Californians having and using a crypto wallet in the next five years, or however long it takes, normalizes the use of wallets and crypto.”
John Wu, president of Avalanche developer Ava Labs, told Reuters that California’s DMV is “creating a wallet that you can download on your phone.”
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Bitcoin’s price has rallied this year, triggering a wave of bullish bitcoin price predictions from… [+] people like billionaire Mark Cuban.
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Last month, Cuban predicted that if the US dollar falls as the global reserve currency, bitcoin could become “a global ‘safe haven’” and a “global currency.” potentially sending the price of bitcoin to a much higher level.
According to Cuban, bitcoin could become what its most ardent supporters “envision” — a means “of protecting our economies… This is already happening in countries facing hyperinflation.”
The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed over the past year, largely due to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, leading a bitcoin attack on Wall Street.
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