Blockchain startup hacked itself to ‘save’ $13M of its users’ cryptocurrency

The Next Web
By David CanellisJun 6, 2019, 10:52 am88 pts
A blockchain startup hacked its users’ wallets to save $13 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency from being stolen, ZDNet reports. Security researchers advised the Komodo Platform of a ‘backdoor‘ in Agama, one of its older wallet apps, that would have allowed hackers to siphon any and all digital…

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