Liquid Sidechain Operations Halted Following 'White Hat' Bitcoin Drain
The Liquid sidechain has been frozen after a software bug in the Elements platform allowed an entity to mint unbacked L-BTC and withdraw approximately 4,000 BTC. The party responsible for the funds, identifying as a 'white hat' hacker, has stated they intend to return the majority of the assets once the underlying vulnerability is patched.
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