CertiK: Wasabi Protocol was hacked, approximately 2.9 million dollars in funds stolen
According to monitoring by blockchain security firm CertiK, the Wasabi Protocol has experienced a security breach, with approximately $2.9 million in funds stolen. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacker gained privileged roles after compromising the wallet deployed by Wasabi, subsequently carrying out the attack.
The stolen funds are currently dispersed across the following addresses: 0xb8Bb...70dB (approximately $677,000) and 0x6244...f906 (approximately $1.1 million), and the incident is still under investigation.
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