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VeChain loses $6.6 million in VET tokens to hacker in attack on buyback walletAn unknown hacker has redirected a whopping 1.1 billion VET tokens from the VeChain Foundation’s buyback wallet to a personal address. The crypto was worth an estimated $6.6 million at the time, with the company stressing that the security integrity of its mainnet and official mobile wallet has not been affected. In a statement, VeChain said “human error and the mismanagement of the private key by our staff” was to blame for Dec. 13’s incident. Crypto exchanges have been urged to monitor, blacklist and freeze any and all funds that come from the attacker, as well as withdrawals from corresponding wallets. At the time of writing, the value of VET tokens has fallen by more than 8.7% over the past seven days.
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