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Parity Unauthorized operation

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Incident Overview

On July 29, 2017, the Ethereum multi-signature wallet company Parity issued a security alert, notifying users of serious vulnerabilities in its wallet v1.5 or later. That day, a black hat hacker used the vulnerability to exhaust the Parity wallets of three Ethereum projects, stealing a total of 153,037 ETH from Swarm City, Edgeless, and Aeternity.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.coindesk.com/30-million-ether-reported-stolen-parity-wallet-breach (opens in a new tab)

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