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MANTRA pauses unstaking after wallet exploit

MANTRA announced a seven-day emergency pause on new unstaking requests after attackers began unstaking tokens, linked to the Web3Auth and Keplr wallet exploit.

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An open padlock among scattered keyboard keys. Photo: FlyD, via Unsplash

Confirmed

  • MANTRA paused new unstaking requests for seven days
  • MANTRA linked the unstaking activity to the Web3Auth and Keplr wallet exploit
  • The Web3Auth and Keplr wallet exploit is ongoing

Not yet known

  • Whether the seven-day pause will be extended
  • Whether users' unstaked tokens can be recovered
  • How many tokens attackers have unstaked is not stated

What we know

The Block reports MANTRA linked the activity to the ongoing Web3Auth and Keplr wallet exploit.

Sources

@TheBlockCo

“emergency seven-day pause on new unstaking requests”

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