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Blockstream Refuses to Pay Ransom for Stolen Liquid Network Bitcoin
Blockstream has drawn a hard line against the hackers behind the recent Liquid Network exploit.
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DeFi Exploit
Blockstream says it will not pay ransom for stolen Liquid Bitcoin
Blockstream has refused to pay a ransom for roughly 598.5 BTC that remains under the control of the actors behind the Liquid Network exploit…
Bitcoin
Liquid Network drained of $320 million as cache bug lets attacker mint unbacked Bitcoin
A range-proof cache bug in the Elements codebase let an unknown actor mint unbacked L-BTC, drain 95% of the federation reserve through SideSwap, then…
Bitcoin
Liquid attackers offer to return most of 4,000 BTC
Liquid’s purported white hats offered to return most of nearly 4,000 BTC after Blockstream patches the bug, but no repayment is confirmed.