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Parity

Hack or exploit on Jul 29, 2017 · Unauthorized operation

ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked

What happened

On July 29, 2017, the Ethereum multi-signature wallet company Parity issued a security alert, notifying users of serious vulnerabilities in its wallet v1.5 or later. That day, a black hat hacker used the vulnerability to exhaust the Parity wallets of three Ethereum projects, stealing a total of 153,037 ETH from Swarm City, Edgeless, and Aeternity.

Details

Date
Jul 29, 2017
Kind
Hack or exploit
Method
Unauthorized operation
How in
Smart contract bug
Target
not stated
Chains
Ethereum

Reported by

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