A cyberattack on the Ronin network of the Axie Infinity video game causes hundreds of millions in losses in cryptocurrencies.
Ronin Network has issued an alert to its community explaining how a security breach in the blockchain network, which supports the Axie Infinity video game, led to a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 173,600 Ethereum cryptocurrencies and $25.5 million in USDC.
Specifically, four of Sky Mavis' validation nodes and an Axie DAO third-party validator were found to have been compromised. The company claims that although its blockchain network is decentralised, the attacker discovered a backdoor through its gas-free RPC node.
References:
- 29/03/2022 roninchain.com Community Alert: Ronin Validators Compromised
- 29/03/2022 cnn.com Hackers steal over $600 million from video game Axie Infinity's Ronin network
- 30/03/2022 xakata.com El mayor robo de la historia de las criptomonedas: cerca de 600 millones de dólares desaparecen en 'Axie Infinity'
- 30/03/2022 cope.es Ciberseguridad: Axie Infinity sufre un ataque que se salda con el robo de más de 560 millones de euros en criptomonedas