Zilliqa Blames 683M ZIL Theft on 7-Year Ledger Bug
The 683M ZIL figure gets the headline, but the seven-year survival of the bug inside a Ledger-signed application is the real read for any token still relying on native hardware-wallet signing.
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The 683M ZIL figure gets the headline, but the seven-year survival of the bug inside a Ledger-signed application is the real read for any token still relying on native hardware-wallet signing.
The ZIL amount and the venue are both undisclosed, but the network-wide deposit and withdrawal pause is the more telling beat: even cold storage at a partner exchange is now a live attack surface.
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