Hacker exploits EOS smart contract to steal $200K from gambling app

A million-dollar EOS gambling dApp suffered a major blow, just days after declaring itself to be the safest of its kind. Hackers have taken 40,000 EOS ($200,000) from the operating wallet of EOSBet by exploiting vulnerabilities in its smart contracts. “[…] A few hours ago, we were attacked, and about 40,000 EOS was taken from our bankroll,” an EOSBet spokesperson informed users. “This bug was not minor as was stated previously, and we are still doing forensics and piecing together what happened.” EOSBet devs have since taken the dApp offline while the devs figure out exactly what happened. A spokesperson…

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https://ift.tt/2QuVPf6 David Canellis September 14, 2018 at 09:00AM