@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoMIT Students Stole $25 Million In Seconds By Exploiting ETH Blockchain Bug, DOJ Saysslashdot.orgmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1287
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•1 year ago US Attorney Damian Williams said the scheme was so sophisticated that it “calls the very integrity of the blockchain into question.” If that’s actually true, they should be given a sentence of time served and a job writing useful software.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoMore likely they’ll get the Mitnick treatment.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish44•edit-21 year agoIt’s not. They tricked some MEV-Boost bots into doing bad trades.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoStill highlights a vulnerability doesn’t it? The system is only as secure as the most vulnerable piece.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoNo, it really doesn’t. That’s like creating a bot that buys and sells company shares automatically, and saying the stock exchange has a vulnerability because your bot makes bad decisions.
If that’s actually true, they should be given a sentence of time served and a job writing useful software.
More likely they’ll get the Mitnick treatment.
It’s not. They tricked some MEV-Boost bots into doing bad trades.
Still highlights a vulnerability doesn’t it? The system is only as secure as the most vulnerable piece.
No, it really doesn’t. That’s like creating a bot that buys and sells company shares automatically, and saying the stock exchange has a vulnerability because your bot makes bad decisions.
They are good at fraud