An attacker forged withdrawal proofs to drain about $1.7 million, the same flaw class behind this year's biggest bridge hacks. Fast containment kept the damage small. Taiko, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, halted block production and urged users to withdraw funds after an attacker exploited its bridge to steal about $1.7 million. The attacker forged cross-chain proofs so that fake withdrawal requests were accepted on Ethereum without matching deposits on Taiko, draining the bridge and its tok…
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