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Secret Network lost 4.67 million dollars due to a cross-chain vulnerability, and the attack went undetected for seven days

The blockchain research organization Common Prefix disclosed that on June 10, hackers exploited a vulnerability in the Secret Network and Axelar cross-chain bridge contract to forge deposits and mint uncollateralized tokens, subsequently cashing out approximately $4.67 million.The attack went undetected for seven days until a normal cross-chain transfer failed due to insufficient funds in the escrow account on June 17, revealing the anomaly. The root of the vulnerability lies in the fact that when the contract changed from an escrow model to a minting model, it deleted two key functions responsible for verifying the source of transfers, and it had never undergone an external audit since its deployment in early 2023. Secret Network pointed out that the Axelar bridging infrastructure failed to trigger any effective anomaly monitoring or emergency pause mechanism before the assets were stolen on a large scale.The stolen funds were routed through Osmosis to Ethereum and exchanged for ETH on CoW Protocol, then dispersed into exchanges such as KuCoin, ChangeNow, and HitBTC. Currently, approximately $672,000 remains in the attackers' Axelar wallet. Secret Network has requested Axelar to freeze that address, but the request was denied. Axelar emphasized that its core protocol was never affected, and the exploited contract was not developed or maintained by Axelar. Currently, Axelar has disabled the related cross-chain connections and stated that it is coordinating follow-up actions with exchanges and law enforcement agencies.

Zhao Changpeng: We are no longer operating the trading platform; BNB Chain is developing a new version that is faster, cheaper, and has more privacy controls

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) participated in an exclusive interview on the Galaxy Brains podcast with Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn. CZ stated that he is no longer operating the trading platform, allowing him more time to communicate with developers, and he is excited about some new features of BNB Chain. He mentioned that BNB Chain is developing the next version, which will be faster, cheaper, and include more privacy controls.CZ also advised blockchain developers not to make major upgrades during a bull market, but to push forward significant updates during the quieter times of a bear market. CZ said that he was skeptical about RWA (Real World Assets) about a year to a year and a half ago, uncertain whether the related assets would be traded or could develop. However, the speed of RWA's development surprised him, as stablecoins, oil futures, AI stocks, and others have gained good acceptance in the crypto community. This indicates that many people globally have been looking for access to these assets.Crypto should not be seen as an independent industry, but rather as a new technological tool that makes financial transactions faster, cheaper, and more transparent. He believes that traditional financial institutions can use blockchain, and crypto companies can also provide services similar to traditional finance, such as loans, savings, stock trading, remittances, and payments. In the future, there should not be a clear distinction between traditional finance and crypto, but rather a more globalized, faster, and lower-cost financial industry.
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