The decentralized exchange (DEX) Bisq rang stopped trading activities late Tuesday night after it uncovered a critical security vulnerability that was exploited by a hacker to steal more than $250,000 worth of cryptocurrency from users.
“Bisq developers are currently investigating a critical security vulnerability, and the alert key has been used to temporarily disable trading.” reported the decentralized exchange. “A hotfix release will be published within a few hours.”
The hacker has stolen roughly $22,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) and $230,000 worth of monero (XMR).
