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Cross-Chain Protocol PNetwork Loses $12M in Hack
The company said that it had identified the bug that the hacker exploited and fixed it.
Updated May 11, 2023, 5:54 p.m. Published Sep 20, 2021, 11:03 a.m. 1 min read
PNetwork, a decentralized finance (DeFi) system that allows different blockchains to communicate with each other, said it lost 277 bitcoins ($12 million) after an attacker found a bug in its code.
- The attack targeted its pBTC token on Binance Smart Chain, pNetwork said in a tweet. Bridges to other blockchains weren’t affected.
- The company said that it had identified the bug and fixed it.
- PNetwork offered a $1.5 million bounty to the hacker if the stolen funds are returned.
- “Finding vulnerabilities is part of the game unfortunately, but we all want DeFi ecosystem to continue growing, returning funds is a step in that direction,” pNetwork said.
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