Bitcoin Ecosystem Project ALEX: The cross-chain bridge XLink was recently attacked, and most of the stolen funds have been frozen by major exchanges

05/15 06:01

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On May 15th, ALEX, a Bitcoin ecosystem project, informed the community about the latest information on the XLink cross-chain bridge vulnerability, and is working with exchanges, partners, and ecosystem contributors to address the issue. Most of the funds related to the hacker have been frozen by major exchanges. The ALEX team proposes a reward of 10% of the stolen funds to request the hacker to return 90% of the assets.

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