Original sourcecryptotimes.ioAdditional: startupfortune.com
Summary
The incident stemmed from an attack on the Fetch.ai Ethereum converter, in which the attacker withdrew 8.7 million FET on September 19 and minted about 260 million AGIX and roughly 53.84 million WMTx on Ethereum. Bitquery traced the same attacker as having created about 2.3 billion AGIX, NTX, CGV,…
Key points
- Users holding AGIX, FET, NTX, or WMTx, or using related cross-chain bridges, can use this to judge whether to pause operations and watch for official next steps.
- A single stolen signing key can trigger cascading asset minting across an interconnected AI token ecosystem, exposing structural risks in cross-chain bridge key management and contract safeguards.
- Cross-chain bridge asset holders and AI token project teams need to re-examine signature verification logic, multisig mechanisms, and emergency shutdown procedures, and assess cross-chain exposure.
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