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How was the DAO hacked?
How was the DAO hacked?
BonsaiVitality
Fri Oct 25 2024
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I heard about a major hack that happened to the DAO organization, where they lost a significant amount of funds. I'm curious to know how this hack was executed and what vulnerabilities were exploited by the hackers to carry out such a large-scale attack.
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Lucia
Sun Oct 27 2024
Solidity, the then-novel coding language of Ethereum, housed this vulnerable function.
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Ilaria
Sun Oct 27 2024
The attack's nature was revealed to be a sophisticated one.
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GeishaMelody
Sun Oct 27 2024
The perpetrator executed a technique called a “reentrancy attack.”
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CryptoVisionary
Sun Oct 27 2024
This attack specifically targeted a function within Ethereum's coding language.
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SamuraiSoul
Sun Oct 27 2024
The targeted function was known as the “fallback” function.
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