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Found a vulnerability that allows you to create an infinite amount of cryptocurrency

Security researcher Jay Freeman has discovered a vulnerability in Ethereum. This was reported on the official blog of the Optimism project.

Optimism allows you to conduct Ethereum transactions faster and cheaper - it was in this project that the vulnerability was found. A bug in the system allowed creating Ethereum repeatedly by running the SELFDESTRUCT execution code to replenish the balance.

This could make the cybercriminal exploiting the vulnerability the richest person in the world.

For his discovery, Freeman received the largest reward of $ 2 million. According to the Optimism team, the bug has not been exploited before. The vulnerability has now been fixed.

Previously, I talked about whether it is worth investing in cryptocurrencies in 2022.

Found a vulnerability that allows you to create an infinite amount of cryptocurrency