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← back to feed·INFRASTRUCTURE2018-06-08 · 8y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Litecoin Cash

51% attack
Estimated loss
VERDICT —OUT OF SCOPE
Root cause is infrastructure (DNS / cloud / database / third-party API) compromise, not on-chain contract logic. Pre-deployment source review would not surface this; coverage lives in cloud-security + supply-chain audit, separate discipline.
▰ METHOD
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

According to the official news of Litecoin Cash (LCC), LCC has been attacked by 51% recently. The LCC team has contacted the exchange and increased the number of confirmed blocks to 100 to prevent attacks. Attack method (per SlowMist): 51% attack. Reported loss: -.

Primary source
https://ambcrypto.com/litecoin-cash-under-51-attack-inhibition-of-small-pow-coins/
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Litecoin Cash
bug_class
infrastructure
date_occurred
2018-06-08
loss_usd
source_id
sm:litecoin-cash::2018-06-08
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