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8ight Finance Private Key Leak: $1.75M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

8ight Finance on the Harmony chain was hacked, and $1.75 million was stolen due to the leak of the private key due to google doc. The platform tweeted about the loss yesterday, and in its discord server provided an explanation for the loss of funds: "Two developers on the team have the keys and they were sent via Facebook group chat and google drive. This is our first project, so we have to admit that our opsec is low.”

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://coincodecap.com/8ight-finance-hacked-all-funds-in-treasury-withdrawn-due-to-leak-of-the-private-key (opens in a new tab)

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