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Hackers Attack Another Bitcoin Project as Ark’s Second Exploited

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What happened

In another cyber attack against a Bitcoin project, Second, the developer of an implementation of the Ark Protocol, confirmed it lost 0.75 BTC ($62,322) of its own funds in an exploit on Monday.

Per the team, “no user funds were affected.

Key facts

  • In another cyber attack against a Bitcoin project, Second, the developer of an implementation of the Ark Protocol, confirmed it lost 0.75 BTC ($62,322) of its own funds in an exploit on Monday.
  • Reported by Bitcoin.com and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:30:27 UTC.

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