Aztec Connect Exploit Drains $2.1 Million From Deprecated Ethereum Privacy Protocol
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Liam Turner
Summary
A discontinued privacy-focused Ethereum protocol called Aztec Connect has been exploited, with approximately $2.1 million drained from a non-mutable smart contract. Aztec Labs and the Aztec Foundation are investigating the incident and unusual activity around the legacy protocol. The funds originated from a single Aztec Connect smart contract, and the team emphasized that the impacted protocol had been deprecated.
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bskyAztec Connect Exploit Drains $2.1 Million From Deprecated Ethereum Privacy Protocolcryptoninjas.netKey quotes
· 3 pulledAztec Labs and the Aztec Foundation stated that they were investigating the incident and weird activity around the legacy protocol
Aztec Labs revealed that they have seen around $2.1 million come from a single Aztec Connect smart contract
The team stressed that the impacted protocol h
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