7 votes

The IOTA cryptocurrency network has been completely shut down for over 5 days while an exploit in the official wallet is investigated

Posted by Deimos
Tags: cryptocurrency, iota, exploits, author.catalin cimpanu, source.zdnet, short read
https://www.zdnet.com/article/iota-cryptocurrency-shuts-down-entire-network-after-wallet-hack/

Link information

This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect.

Title
IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after wallet hack | ZDNet
Authors
Catalin Cimpanu
Published
Feb 16 2020
Word count
367 words

1 comment

  1. Deimos
    Link
    IOTA is still down, after almost two weeks in total now. They published a series of blog posts a few days ago about the vulnerability and their plans: Trinity Attack Incident Part 1: Summary and...

    IOTA is still down, after almost two weeks in total now. They published a series of blog posts a few days ago about the vulnerability and their plans:

    1. Trinity Attack Incident Part 1: Summary and next steps
    2. Trinity Attack Incident Part 2: Trinity Seed Migration Plan
    3. Trinity Attack Incident Part 3: Key Learnings & Takeaways

    CoinDesk published a more general article about it yesterday as well: IOTA Being Shut Off Is the Latest Chapter in an Absurdist History