{
  "id": 6613651,
  "title": "Liquid Network resumes block production after $320M exploit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/liquid-network-resumes-block-production-after-320m-exploit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-10T16:38:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/liquid-network-resumes-block-production-after-320m-exploit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Liquid Network has resumed block production following a $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal, though transactions and peg operations remain paused as recovery efforts continue. The network's emergency software update, Elements v23.3.4, addressed a proof-verification cache vulnerability, hardening cache keys used for range proofs. Liquid paused operations on September 6 after a group claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 BTC from the network's federation wallet, comprising roughly 95% of the wallet's 4,200 BTC balance. The group returned 3,400 BTC, worth approximately $270 million at the time, after Blockstream confirmed patching affected bridge nodes. Approximately 598 BTC, worth around $46 million, remained outstanding on September 7, with the network monitoring full stabilization before fully resuming operations.",
  "summary": "Liquid restarted block production after deploying emergency software updates, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended as recovery efforts continue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}