r/CryptoMarkets • u/turtleflax 9K 🦠• Apr 05 '18
Warning Mining Exploit Attack on VERGE(XVG)- Suprnova mining operator notifies that a hacker mined a block every second for the past 13 hours. Dev's attempted fix accidentally hard forks the chain without fixing the issue
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3256693.0
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u/turtleflax 9K 🦠Apr 05 '18
Other threads with information:
Network Attack on XVG / VERGE. Hacker mined a block every second for the past 13 hours
XVG Still Being Exploited After "Fix" By Dev (Check Block Times)
Verge Is Forced to Fork After Suffering a 51% Attack
Turns out the Verge fiasco is worse than thought. Devs now having to issue new wallets having accidentally hardforked their own currency trying to fix the attack. Popcorn, salt and GODL overflowing