An attempt to attack Bitfinex via a “Partial Payments Exploit” failed on Jan. 14, according to Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino.
On Jan. 14, Whale Alert flagged a transaction that purportedly moved 25.6 billion XRP worth nearly $15 billion through a single transaction from an unknown wallet to Bitfinex.
The transaction immediately raised concerns within the crypto community, which quickly pointed out that the supposed transaction attempted to move nearly half of XRP’s circulating supply.
However, Ardoino doused the worries when he revealed that the transaction was a “failed” attack on Bitfinex.
“It was an attempt to attack Bitfinex via “Partial Payments Exploit”. Attack failed since Bitfinex properly handles ‘delivered_amount’ data field,” Ardoino added.
Nik Bougalis, Ripple’s former director of engineering, further clarified that the transaction “moved only a few cents,” adding that the Whale Alert code had misunderstood “what this transact
We współpracy z: https://cryptoslate.com/bitfinex-thwarts-15b-xrp-partial-payments-exploit-attack-attempt/
