$5 million in tokens stolen from ZKsync

An attacker compromised an admin account belonging to the ZKsync Ethereum layer-2 project, which is built by Matter Labs. By doing so, they were able to steal approximately $5 million worth of the ZK token, which the project said were "the remaining unclaimed tokens from the ZKsync airdrop".The ZK token quickly dropped around 20% in price, likely as a result of the thief trying to sell the tokens. "ZKsync discloses $5 million attack from compromised airdrop admin account, triggering 20% price drop" , The Block Tweet by ZKsync

Apr 15, 2025 - 16:33
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$5 million in tokens stolen from ZKsync
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An attacker compromised an admin account belonging to the ZKsync Ethereum layer-2 project, which is built by Matter Labs. By doing so, they were able to steal approximately $5 million worth of the ZK token, which the project said were "the remaining unclaimed tokens from the ZKsync airdrop".

The ZK token quickly dropped around 20% in price, likely as a result of the thief trying to sell the tokens.