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Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the vulnerability is fixed

Hackers claiming to be white hats drained about $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network’s federation wallet, promising to return the funds after the platform fixes the underlying bug

Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the vulnerability is fixed

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