Over $600 million stolen from video game in second-largest crypto hack

Published March 30, 2022 5:30pm ET



Hackers managed to steal about $612 million worth of assets from a cryptocurrency exchange network for Axie Infinity, one of the most popular online video games.

The incident, the second-largest known theft of cryptocurrency assets, took place on March 23 but was announced Tuesday by Ronin, a blockchain service managed by the owners of Axie Infinity.

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