Ethereum network survives malicious attack, but raises serious security concerns

2020-1-2 13:59

The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain survived what appeared to be an intentional attack on December 31, which reportedly came very close to bringing down the entire network. Liam Aharon, an Australia-based blockchain developer, confirmed that the attack exploited a software glitch in a widely-used Ethereum client, called Parity.

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