Cover Protocol Attack Perpetrated by ‘White Hat,’ Funds Returned, Hacker Claims
Kevin Reynolds
Cover Protocol Attack Perpetrated by ‘White Hat,’ Funds Returned, Hacker Claims
The decentralized finance (DeFI) insurance project Cover Protocol was hacked earlier Monday in an infinite printing scheme, causing the price of the Cover token to plunge. Hours later, a so-called ‘white hacker’ claimed responsibility for the attack, saying all funds had been returned.
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