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Gatecoin

$2.0M stolenSaturday, May 14, 2016 · 3747 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Situation Summary

5/14/2016 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$2.0M drained from Gatecoin on Ethereum.

TECHNIQUE: IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL

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