Sanctioned Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Hijacked by Hackers (1)

Tornado Cash, a service that allows users to mask cryptocurrency transactions, suffered a hostile takeover by hackers through a malicious governance proposal.

Samczsun, a security researcher at crypto investment firm Paradigm, said on Twitter that an attacker granted themselves 1.2 million fake votes on Saturday. As the fake votes exceeded the 700,000 legitimate votes, it allowed the attacker to gain full control over the governance of Tornado Cash.

Tornado Cash couldn't immediately be reached for comment via Twitter.

Tornado Cash is a blockchain protocol and TORN, its governance token, enables holders to vote on proposed changes in the service. ...

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