Whitehat Unlocks $2M in ETH From 2016 ICO Contract

A security researcher known as 0xflorent coordinated with the team behind HongCoin — a 2016 Ethereum ICO that fell short of its funding goal — to unfreeze roughly 1,003.62 ETH, worth about $2 million, that had been locked in the token sale's smart contract for nine years. The exploit targeted an…