BlockBeats reports that on August 12, Harmony posted an update stating that its team has so far identified 409 wallets linked to inflows of fraudulently minted tokens, with 10,288 transfers involved in total. Harmony says it notified its trading platform partners about hundreds of suspicious deposit transactions, and those platforms subsequently moved quickly to block the hacker's wallets. According to the update, roughly four hours after the emergency patch was made available, 53% of validators had already completed the upgrade. The team is continuing to deploy the patch and address the fallout from the incident. On the question of how to handle the situation, a rollback of the chain currently looks like the most widely supported workable option, though Harmony is still working on the specific processing plan. The project says it expects to release more details within the next few hours. No final decision on the rollback has been confirmed in the update.
BlockBeats, August 12 — Harmony has given an update on the security incident that led to an emergency patch. The team says it has identified 409 wallets that received tokens from the fraudulent minting, spanning 10,288 transfers in total. Hundreds of suspicious deposits were flagged to exchange partners, and those exchanges then blocked the hacker-controlled wallets.
Only about four hours after the emergency patch went out, 53% of validators had already upgraded. Harmony says the rollout is still being pushed out, and the team is dealing with the wider effects of the incident.
On next steps, a rollback is currently the option with the most support, although no concrete plan has been finalized. Harmony is still drafting the details and expects to publish them within hours.
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