Decentralized finance platform Team Finance confirmed on Thursday that hackers exploited a vulnerability and stole $14.5 million worth of cryptocurrency.
Several blockchain security companies alerted the company of the hack before it released a statement about the issue.
“We have just been alerted of an exploit on Team Finance. We are currently unsure of the details. We urge the exploiter to get in contact with us for a bounty payment. We are working to analyze and remedy the situation at this very moment,” the company said.
“$14.5M USD of tokens were exploited through the audited v2 to v3 migration function. We have temporarily paused all activity through team finance until we are certain this exploit has been remedied. All funds currently on Team Finance are not at further risk of this exploit.”
Team Finance calls itself a “security toolkit for founders that want to create a token and raise money from a community of investors.” The platform says it has secured $3 billion in cryptocurrency across 12 different blockchains since it was founded in 2020.
As backlash toward the platform grew online, the company took to Twitter to defend itself, writing that it was “deeply sorry” for the incident.
“We have multiple audits on each and every smart contract by reputable audit companies, and re-audit all new deployments. Actively looking into the exploit, and hopeful to get the funds back. We’ll keep everyone updated by the minute,” they said.
Blockchain security companies PeckShield, SlowMist and BlockSec broke down the specifics of the attack, with each noting that a problem with Team Finance’s code was the source of…
