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General Bytes Malicious software: $1.80M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

According to the official Twitter, the General Bytes encrypted currency ATM service was attacked on March 17 and 18. The attacker used the upload interface in the system to upload and run a malicious Java program, and then the attacker obtained the permissions of the database in the server and Hot wallet withdrawal API Key. According to SlowMist MistTrack, the loss was about $1.8 million.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://generalbytes.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ESD/pages/2885222430/Security+Incident+March+17-18th+2023 (opens in a new tab)

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