Solana suffers >8% as ongoing attack drains over 8k+ wallets

ambcrypto.com:

Imagine experiencing a robbery without knowing the culprit. Yes, quite an unfortunate scenario. Now, multiply this robbery by a multi-million dollar, think about the situation then. No wonder, you will be petrified. Well, this is the emerging case coming from the crypto world.

On 3 August, the Solana network encountered a multi-million dollar hack, the culprits of which remained unknown as of this writing.

Consequently, SOL, the native token of the Solana network, dropped by 3.76% over the last 24 hours as it slid down to $38. The incident saw more than 8000 wallets face the repercussions.

Source: CoinMarketCap

The affected users shared their distress on social media platforms. So far more than 8000 wallets have been affected. And, the hackers have managed to steal $580 million. This was reportedly done by the four addresses mentioned below in the tweet.

MisTrack, a security analyst shared this development.

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— MistTrack