Crypto Hit by $63 Million Hack of ‘Munchables’ Game in One of Year’s Biggest Exploits
- Blockchain-based Munchables game confirmed a security incident
- Munchables declared all user funds safe later the same day
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The crypto sector suffered one of its biggest security incidents this year after a hacker swiped $63 million from a blockchain-based game.
The game, Munchables, confirmed the incident in a post on X on Wednesday and said it would try to halt the transactions. Blockchain specialists PeckShield indicated the hacker stole 17,400 in Ether tokens — worth about $63 million at current prices. Public data on crypto transactions backed the estimate.