Polygon Recovers Discord Server After $145K Hack, Preps for POL Token Launch

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Polygon’s Discord server has been recovered after a three-hour hijack by hackers targeting the project’s community channel.

The infiltration, which involved scammers posing as support agents and disseminating malicious links, has now been resolved, confirmed Mudit Gupta, the Chief Information Security Officer at Polygon.

The incident came to light after Polygon community members detected unusual activities on the channel.

The hackers flooded the support channel with scam links while masquerading as helpful agents.

One Polygon Discord member took to the social media platform X to alert others about the potential breach.

He shared the suspicious links posted in the announcement channel and detailing the deceptive tactics in the support channel.

I reported it here https://t.co/sGcLGws0sz

Not sure if any one took notice. I could see a lot of people asking for help in support and scammers, under the guise of help, misleading them.

Nevertheless, the breach has taken some victims as a user known as “ValidatorK,” reported a loss of $150,000 in Ether (ETH) after following what was presented as an official announcement.

The breach not only compromised significant assets but also brought to light concerns over Polygon’s security protocols, despite Gupta’s assurance that two-factor authentication (2FA) was enabled for all privileged accounts.

The breach occurred amidst preparations for a major network upgrade by Polygon, which includes the transition from its native token, MATIC, to a new token, POL, slated for launch on September 4.

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