{
  "id": 6255813,
  "title": "Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/cronos-confirms-9-2m-slipped-away-before-tectonic-exploit-rollback",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-08T08:10:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/cronos-tectonic-rollback-111m-9m-escaped"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cronos has disclosed that $9.19 million of funds were moved off its blockchain before intervention during the Tectonic exploit. According to the post-mortem report, the total affected borrowing amounted to $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network. Validators halted the network during the exploit, restoring operations after balances were recovered. The incident, initially estimated at around $75 million, now has an official accounting of the funds that could not be reversed.",
  "summary": "Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Cronos says $9.2 million remains unrecovered after Tectonic exploit, chain rollback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/cronos-says-9-2-million-remains-unrecovered-after-tectonic-exploit",
        "published": "2026-09-08T05:51:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}