Smart contract security

• In 2017, $150 million worth of ETH was stolen from an organization named Parity technologies due to a critical vulnerability present in their Ethereum smart contract.
• In 2016, a DAO called Genesis DAO was compromised by a hacker(s) exploiting a security loophole in the system. Here, hackers stole $50 million worth of ETH from Genesis DAO’s crowdfunding investors.
• In August 2021, one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists happened. Hackers stole $613 million worth of digital currency from a company named Poly Network. They exploited a vulnerability in the digital contracts Poly Network uses.

Related

• Vyper

See also

• Smart contract, Solidity, Vyper, cardano, Ethereum, Blockchain Oracle, Binance Smart Chain, Truffle, DAO, Boson Protocol, Smart contract security, Solidify, Eopsin, Sourcify, Gelato, OpenZeppelin, Foundry, ERC-6900

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