At 2:02 AM (UTC+8), RetoSwap received a report of an attack on the Haveno protocol, immediately setting the minimum client version to 2.0.0, suspending trading, and blocking the attacker’s onion address. The RetoSwap team was not compromised; the vulnerability existed at the Haveno protocol level, with losses limited to large cryptocurrency orders—fiat traders were unaffected. The team is currently evaluating recovery options for affected users, and trading will resume once the protocol is patched. On May 21, it was reported that a vulnerability in the Haveno protocol resulted in approximately $2.7 million being stolen from RetoSwap.
RetoSwap Suspends Trading Following Haveno Protocol Attack, $2.7M Stolen
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RetoSwap halted trading after a security breach in the Haveno protocol was reported at 2:02 AM UTC+8. The exchange updated the minimum client version to 2.0.0 and blocked the attacker’s onion address. The protocol update is designed to address the vulnerability exploited in the attack, which resulted in the theft of approximately $2.7 million in large crypto orders. Fiat traders were unaffected. The team is evaluating recovery options and will resume trading once the protocol is secured.
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