tldr; Cryptocurrency security firm Peckshield reported a security breach at EigenLayer, a blockchain staking infrastructure provider, resulting in the theft of 1.674 million EIGEN tokens, valued at $5.87 million. The attacker swapped the stolen tokens for USDC and transferred most funds to HitBTC, with a portion sent to Kraken. EigenLayer confirmed the breach was due to a compromised email thread involving a single investor and stated it did not affect the broader ecosystem. Law enforcement is investigating to recover the funds and identify the perpetrator.
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tldr; Cryptocurrency security firm Peckshield reported a security breach at EigenLayer, a blockchain staking infrastructure provider, resulting in the theft of 1.674 million EIGEN tokens, valued at $5.87 million. The attacker swapped the stolen tokens for USDC and transferred most funds to HitBTC, with a portion sent to Kraken. EigenLayer confirmed the breach was due to a compromised email thread involving a single investor and stated it did not affect the broader ecosystem. Law enforcement is investigating to recover the funds and identify the perpetrator.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.