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Wintermute Operational Mistake: $160.00M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

@EvgenyGaevoy, founder and CEO of crypto market maker Wintermute tweeted that Wintermute lost $160 million in DeFi hacking attacks. Wintermute used Profanity to create a wallet in order to optimize fees. Funds from old address were transferred, but due to internal (human) error, wrong function was called and attacked.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://twitter.com/EvgenyGaevoy/status/1572329148411936770 (opens in a new tab)

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