Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw

Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an "extremely critical" zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them.
Details of the incident were shared by Kraken's Chief Security Officer, Nick Percoco, on X (formerly Twitter), stating it received a Bug Bounty program alert about a bug that "allowed them to

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