Osmosis said a Nomic-chain exploit let an attacker double-spend nBTC and send fake vouchers into Osmosis. About 39.84 nBTC — roughly 36% of Alloyed BTC backing — is affected. Osmosis paused inflows and outflows; an emergency upgrade froze 22.65 BTC in the attacker’s address. Osmosis and IBC were not compromised.
Osmosis said an exploit on the Nomic chain allowed an attacker to double-spend nBTC and send fake vouchers into Osmosis. That is Wu Blockchain, reading Osmosis’s X update.
Osmosis and IBC were not compromised, Wu stamps from Osmosis.
39.84 nBTC, representing about 36% of Alloyed BTC’s backing, is affected. Osmosis has paused inflows and outflows. An emergency upgrade froze 22.65 BTC in the attacker’s address.
Osmosis plans to seek governance approval to seize the frozen assets and use BTC from the community pool to restore full backing.
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