Komodo, a multi-chain cryptocurrency platform, has recently hacked itself to stop hackers from exploiting a security vulnerability that would’ve allowed them to steal over $13 million worth of cryptocurrencies, which are currently safe with the Komodo team.





According to ZDNet, the Komodo platform recently learned about the vulnerability after security researchers found a backdoor in one of its older wallet apps Agama. The vulnerability would allow hackers to steal every cryptocurrency held inside these.





Before hackers could take advantage of the vulnerability, the Komodo team extracted users’ funds from affected wallets and moved them to safe wallets they control, out of a hackers’ reach. The team got around 8 million KMD (around $11.9 million), and 96 BTC (around $740,000) into its wallets.

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