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Over $572 million worth of $BNB was recently hacked from BNB Chain
According to a blockchain developer, the attack may have been “either the first or second greatest hack of all time.” Today, the Binance blockchain, also known as the BNB Chain and the Binance Smart Chain, was shut down after a rise in “irregular activity” revealed a potential network vulnerability. At 2:19 AM Dubai time, BNB Chain tweeted the initial notification that the BSC network would be temporarily suspended. Peckshield Inc., a blockchain security and data analytics startup, tweeted on-chain analytics that revealed the network had experienced an exploit, with thieves stealing about two million BNB, the chain’s native token, valued