Here we go again with more EOS troubles: the popular cryptocurrency purportedly suffers from a major vulnerability that makes it possible to steal valuable network resources directly from user accounts – without any authorization.

The good thing is that a team of EOS developers is already rushing to plug the security flaw. The bug allows attackers to insert code to trick the network into incorrectly distributing RAM when transactions take place. The EOSEssentials team describes the attack: A malicious user can install code on their account which will allow them to insert [table] rows in the name of another account sending them…

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