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minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down8·il y a 4 mois US Attorney Damian Williams said the scheme was so sophisticated that it “calls the very integrity of the blockchain into question.” If that’s actually true, they should be given a sentence of time served and a job writing useful software.
minus-squareshrugal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·edit-2il y a 4 moisIt’s not. They tricked some MEV-Boost bots into doing bad trades.
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 4 moisStill highlights a vulnerability doesn’t it? The system is only as secure as the most vulnerable piece.
minus-squareshrugal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·il y a 4 moisNo, it really doesn’t. That’s like creating a bot that buys and sells company shares automatically, and saying the stock exchange has a vulnerability because your bot makes bad decisions.
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·il y a 4 moisMore likely they’ll get the Mitnick treatment.
If that’s actually true, they should be given a sentence of time served and a job writing useful software.
It’s not. They tricked some MEV-Boost bots into doing bad trades.
Still highlights a vulnerability doesn’t it? The system is only as secure as the most vulnerable piece.
No, it really doesn’t. That’s like creating a bot that buys and sells company shares automatically, and saying the stock exchange has a vulnerability because your bot makes bad decisions.
More likely they’ll get the Mitnick treatment.
They are good at fraud