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zkLink halts Nova block production and withdrawals after exploit

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zkLink said it stopped block production on its zkLink Nova Layer 3 network and disabled withdrawals after confirming an exploit, and patched the affected contract. Services will resume only once all risks are cleared.

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The story so far: zkLink Nova bridge attack

An attacker used a public relayer to inject a forged batch root on Ethereum and finalised withdrawals from zkLink Nova's L1 escrow, stealing about $786,000. zkLink offered a 20% white hat bounty and halted Nova block production and withdrawals. zkLink now asks Optimism to freeze 224,133 OP tied to the 29 Oct escrow…

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  1. zkLink bridge on Ethereum hit by ongoing attack, about $786,000 lost

  2. zkLink says Nova arbitrator contracts under attack on Ethereum and Optimism

  3. zkLink halts Nova block production and withdrawals after exploit

  4. GoPlus says zkLink Nova bridge attack reused an authenticated message

  5. zkLink sets out fund recovery plan for Nova incident

  6. zkLink loses about $783,000 in attack exploiting transient storage flaw, SlowMist says

  7. ZKLink asks Optimism to freeze 224,133 OP tied to escrow exploit

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