Taiko Exploited for $1.7M; Attacker Sends 189K to MEXC
Taiko, an Ethereum layer-2 rollup, lost roughly $1.7M to an exploit, with the attacker already moving $189K in TKO to MEXC while still sitting on $1.52M in ETH.
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Taiko, an Ethereum layer-2 rollup, lost roughly $1.7M to an exploit, with the attacker already moving $189K in TKO to MEXC while still sitting on $1.52M in ETH.
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