Sept 6 (Reuters) – Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack. “Purported white-hat hackers” withdrew around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Liquid Federation wallet, Liquid Network said in a post on X. “Liquid wallets will […]
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Bitcoin-based Liquid Network says $320 million withdrawn in hack
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Sept 6 (Reuters) – Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack.
“Purported white-hat hackers” withdrew around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Liquid Federation wallet, Liquid Network said in a post on X.
“Liquid wallets will be impacted, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience,” Liquid Network said, adding that it has halted new transactions.
The funds were withdrawn via SideSwap, a settlement platform permitted to handle withdrawals from the network, though the key used in the process was not compromised, Liquid Network added.
(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)