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Morning Edition · Monday, June 15, 2026Published at 1:40 AM EDT · New York
Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Drained of About $2.1 Million
An abnormal outflow from an old Ethereum router contract hit a privacy product retired three years ago, with the current Aztec Network unaffected.
Roughly $2.1 million moved abnormally from a smart contract tied to Aztec Connect on June 14, according to monitoring by the security firm CertiK that was circulated in the ETHSecurity channel. CertiK identified the suspicious transfer as o…
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