How a Minor Coding Error Enabled a Hacker to Steal $7.8 Million from a Crypto Wallet
In the rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance, even a seemingly insignificant line of code can have catastrophic consequences. This reality was starkly illustrated in a recent incident where a hacker managed to siphon $7.8 million from a cryptocurrency wallet, not by breaking the core security of the wallet’s primary contract, but by exploiting a secondary, or “helper,” contract that the…
Sept. 15, 2026, 10:27 a.m.