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Cosmos misjudged a critical bug for 4 months before hackers stole nearly $6 million across 6 chains
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The vulnerability was patched in the main codebase in May but later proved broader than engineers initially believed. A Cosmos EVM vulnerability exploited across six networks, including MANTRA, exposed a security gap spanning around 40 blockchains. On Aug. 28, Cosmos Labs said.
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