Ethereum’s Parity Users Lose Millions in a Multi-Sig Hack
Parity Wallet Hack - On July 19 the ethereum community was warned that the Parity client version 1.5 and above contained a critical vulnerability in the multi-signature wallet feature. Further, a group of multi-signature “black hat exploiters” has managed to drain 150,000 ether from multi-sig wallets and ICO projects. A Vulnerability Found in the Multi-Signature Contract “Wallet.sol” Used in Parity Clients According to the company Parity and the firm’s founder Gavin Wood, the startup’s product the Parity wallet version 1.5 and above contained a bug that enabled the theft of $30 million worth of ETH. The vulnerability discovered in these specific Parity wallets used a multi-signature contract called “wallet.sol” and the contract was utilized by a few initial coin offerings (ICO) as well. Circulating reports believe that three particular ICO projects were compromised including Swarm City, æternity, and Edgeless Casino. The Parity startup had issued a security warning on...