Tornado Cash: Caught in the Eye of a DeFi Governance Attack | by TheLuWizz | Coinmonks | May, 2023

DeFi and hacking attempts are intrinsically linked due to the nature of the former. It’s a jungle where every vulnerability is sought out and exploited. This time, the already heavily beleaguered DeFi protocol, Tornado Cash, has been hit.

A malevolent actor managed to seize control of the governance there, only to subsequently submit a proposal to relinquish his…