How a Minor Programming Error Enabled a Hacker to Steal $7.8 Million from a Crypto Wallet
In the rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance, even the smallest oversight can have catastrophic financial consequences. This principle 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 Safe platform, but by exploiting a seemingly innocuous coding mistake in a helper contract t…
Sept. 15, 2026, 10:27 a.m.