THORChain refund bug halts most chains and slows North Korean laundering
AI summary
THORChain disclosed a refund flaw that a one-block Ethereum reorg exposed, which could let attackers drain funds from its vaults after future reorgs. Most of its chains remain halted, and the bug has incidentally slowed North Korean hackers laundering stolen Binance funds. Traders holding RUNE face ongoing protocol downtime and smart-contract risk, while the disruption to laundering flows is a secondary effect.
Narrative history
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1H AGOYou’re reading thisTHORChain refund bug halts most chains and slows North Korean launderingUnchained · Score 55
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1H AGOCryptoPotato · Score 55 · via Binance Funds, Stolen Binance
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12H AGOCoinDesk · Score 45 · via Korean laundering, North Korean
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14H AGOcrypto.news · Score 45 · via THORChain, refund
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22H AGOCointelegraph · Score 55 · via reorg, THORChain
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31 OCT · 17:43The Defiant · Score 55 · via refund error, THORChain
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19 OCT · 17:25Crypto Briefing · Score 45 · via THORChain, THORChain halts
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19 OCT · 13:11The Defiant · Score 45 · via THORChain, ZEC swaps
