More likely they’ll get the Mitnick treatment.
Comment on MIT Students Stole $25 Million In Seconds By Exploiting ETH Blockchain Bug, DOJ Says
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 8 months ago
US Attorney Damian Williams said the scheme was so sophisticated that it “calls the very integrity of the blockchain into question.”
If that’s actually true, they should be given a sentence of time served and a job writing useful software.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 8 months ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
They are good at fraud
shrugal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s not. They tricked some MEV-Boost bots into doing bad trades.
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Still highlights a vulnerability doesn’t it? The system is only as secure as the most vulnerable piece.
shrugal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
No, it really doesn’t. That’s like creating a bot that buys and sells company shares automatically, and saying the stock exchange has a vulnerability because your bot makes bad decisions.