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Hackers target EOS gambling dApp once again, $338K believed stolen

Monday, October 15, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

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Hackers are believed to have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of EOS cryptocurrency from blockchain-powered gambling dApp EOSBet — again. This time, thieves exploited another vulnerability in automated dice game EOSBet, allegedly stealing at least $338,000 from its operational wallets. By injecting standard EOS accounts with malicious code, digital baddies appear to have tricked its smart contract into mistakenly crediting their accounts with large amounts of cryptocurrency. Shown below are three transactions thought to be illegitimate. They detail one of the attackers accounts (“ilovedice123”) siphoning 65,000 EOS ($338K) directly to a major cryptocurrency exchange. The EOSBet team is yet to reveal…

This story continues at The Next Web

Authored by Piyush Suthar
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