MetaMask denied claims that a $10 million crypto wallet-draining operation was caused by an exploit of its crypto wallet software.
The wallet provider said the 5,000 ETH was stolen “from various addresses across 11 blockchains,” again reaffirming the claim thatSpeaking to Cointelegraph, Ohm Shah the co-founder of Wallet Guard said the MetaMask team has been “researching tirelessly” and there is “no solid answer to how this has happened.”He speculated it was possible to assume that there had been “some sort of Private Key or Seed Phrase Leak.
She also originally claimed the attacker was draining long-time MetaMask users and employees by using MetaMask. Monahan later stated the exploit is not MetaMask-specific and “users of all wallets, even those created on a hardware wallet” have been impacted by the exploit.
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