Harmony’s Horizon Bridge Hacked for $100M

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Harmony’s official Twitter post said today that it found that Horizon, the cross-chain bridge between Ethereum and Harmony, was attacked, and the loss amounted to about 100 million US dollars. Harmony said it is currently working with relevant authorities and experts to track down the attackers and retrieved the stolen funds. In addition, Harmony said the trustless Bitcoin cross-chain bridge was not affected, and they have also notified exchanges and stopped the Horizon bridge to prevent further transactions. The attacker’s address is: 0x0d043128146654C7683Fbf30ac98D7B2285DeD00.

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