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It urged community members to avoid interacting with its system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">It <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lifiprotocol\/status\/1813207291778215955\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Please do not interact with any LIFI powered applications for now! We're investigating a potential exploit. If you did not set infinite approval, you are not at risk. 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It's crucial for protocols to stay alert, as hackers can take advantage of these approvals to steal both assets in the contracts and funds in users' connected wallets.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Blockchain security firm, Blockaid, explained that the root of the attack was exploiting the platform's proxy implementation. It <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/blockaid_\/status\/1813212563229790359\">added<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The attackers have managed to exploit a vulnerability in the proxy implementation, where an attacker is able to inject function call to the contract &#8211; an ability they've then used to inject <span class=\"r-b88u0q r-36ujnk\">transferFrom<\/span> calls on approved users.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"s3\">Notably, blockchain security firm Peckshield <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peckshield\/status\/1813206767578263921\">pointed out<\/a> that the Li.Fi platform suffered a similar attack in March 2022. 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