Crypto platform Poly Network hacked in estimated US$600mil cyberheist


HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - A cryptocurrency platform has lost an estimated US$600 million in digital tokens after one of the sector's biggest ever hacking attacks, according to details of the heist which emerged on Wednesday.

Poly Network, a decentralised finance platform (DeFi), announced the hack on Twitter and posted details of digital wallets to which it said the money was transferred, urging people to blacklist tokens from those addresses.

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