Hackers targeting the Solana ecosystem drained thousands of crypto wallets of funds.
The hack on Wednesday was executed after a flaw was exploited to suck out cryptocurrencies from 8,000 crypto wallets where owners stored their funds, the Solana Foundation announced. Wallet providers, including Slope and Phantom, were also affected.
The value of the stolen assets is unclear, and the nature of the exploit remains unclear.
According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, an estimated amount of about $8 million was stolen from four Solana wallets.
While blockchain forensics firm Elliptic estimates that over $5.2 million in crypto assets have been stolen so far from more than 7,900 Solana wallets, "The root cause is still not clear," Elliptic's co-founder Tom Robinson said. "It appears to be due to a flaw in certain wallet software, rather than in the Solana blockchain itself."
Solana spokesman Austin Federa said, "much remains unknown at this point - except that hardware wallets are...
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