# Taiko Plans Four-Step Restart After a Leaked Signing Key Drained Its Bridge

An RSA private key for the network's trusted-hardware prover was committed to a public repository, letting an attacker forge state and withdraw roughly $1.7 million.

- Published: 2026-06-28T10:27:45.329Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-28/taiko-plans-four-step-restart-after-a-leaked-signing-key-dra
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/taiko-sets-four-step-restart-plan-after-june-21-bridge-attack/), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/06/22/taiko-halts-its-ethereum-layer-2-network-after-a-bridge-exploit-token-dives-10)

Taiko, an Ethereum-equivalent layer-2 network, has set a four-step plan to restart after a June 21 attack on its bridge, saying the method the attacker used is now blocked. The network halted block production on June 22 while it investigate…

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