Hackers made off with about $100 million in cryptocurrency from a so-called blockchain bridge operated by Harmony, adding to the more than $1 billion already stolen in crypto so far this year.
Harmony said it notified other exchanges and stopped its bridge, called Horizon, to prevent further transactions as the company investigates the theft. One individual account is thought to be behind the heist, the company said Thursday in a series of tweets.
1/ The Harmony team has identified a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx. $100MM. We have begun working with national authorities and forensic specialists to identify the culprit and retrieve the stolen funds.
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— Harmony (@harmonyprotocol) June 23, 2022
4/ We have also notified exchanges and stopped the Horizon bridge to prevent further transactions. The team is all hands on deck as investigations continue.
We will keep everyone up-to-date as we investigate this further and obtain more information....
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