An anonymous managed to move 2.09 million ($7.7 million) from a hacked account due to an alleged failed update by an block producer (BP), according to a by block producer EOS42 on Feb. 23.
The has a are required to blacklist a certain account in order for the blacklist to function properly. On Feb. 22, a new block producer dubbed “games.” apparently did not update the blacklist for mainnet accounts.
Subsequently, the security team of major global crypto exchange — using blacklist data from (ECAF) — detected assets pouring from blacklisted accounts into Huobi accounts. Huobi subsequently froze the accounts and the associated assets, according to a on Feb. 23.
Following the accident, EOS42 made a new proposal, suggesting to nullify keys of blacklisted accounts instead of providing a veto power to a single BP on the mainnet. Per EOS42, the option to nullify keys is more effective than a “‘broken’ blacklist” and still allows an account to be saved and returned to its rightful owner.
The number of BPs is at 21, with BPs candidates able to replace each other through a constant voting process. Per EOS24, several accounts have been blacklisted based on ECAF orders in which the victim’s accounts were hacked.
, the largest by today, its mainnet in June 2018 following the of its $4 billion . Commentators have expected to compete with () as a protocol with which to build decentralized apps ().
Published at Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:11:00 +0000
