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- technology@lemmy.world
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- technology@lemmy.world
The way I read the article, the “worth millions” is the sum of the ransom demand.
The funny part is that the exploit is in the “smart” contract, ya know the thing that the blockchain keeps secure by forbidding any updates or patches.
Things are worth what people will pay. People pay out the nose for diamonds and they are just shiny rocks and not particularly rare.