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Quicksilver Zone Smart Contract Vulnerability: $3.50K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

Quicksilver Zone (Cosmos Liquid Staking protocol) was exploited via Unchecked Proof Minting vulnerability. The attacker forged proofs to mint large amounts of unbacked qATOM (~505K) and qOSMO (~10M). The chain was halted; actual drained loss was limited (~$3,500). The team is working with Cosmos Hub and Osmosis to burn fake tokens and recover.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://x.com/Cosmos_Airdrops/status/2069848864643858660 (opens in a new tab)

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