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Cosmos restarted to seize $2.2 million in stolen ATOM, but 169,000 tokens…

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Cosmos Hub successfully restarted after a halt, recovering approximately $2.2 million in stolen ATOM from an attacker-linked address, though about 169,000 tokens remain unsecured and escaped the recovery operation.

Status
Active
Confirmation
Confirmed
Event type
OTHER_MATERIAL_EVENT
Market scope
MARKET
Direction
0
Impact / urgency
4 / 3
Impact category
HIGH
Risk stance
NEUTRAL
Promotion
PROMOTED · 58/100
Promotion reason
The successful recovery of $2.2 million in stolen ATOM demonstrates effective incident response and highlights the importance of rapid network halts and recovery mechanisms in decentralized finance.
Duration class
SHORT
Assets
ATOM
Sectors
BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO
First detected
Impact started
Scheduled for
Not published
Occurred at
Not published

Sources

Cosmos restarted to seize $2.2 million in stolen ATOM, but 169,000 tokens still escaped

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