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Two Polygon RPCs Exploited in DNS Hijack Attack; Accounts Quickly Recovered
Summary: Two remote procedure call (RPC) interfaces for Polygon (polygon-rpc.com) and Fantom (rpc.ftm.tools) were exploited in a domain name system (DNS) hijack attack on Friday, according to Polygon chief information security officer Mudit Gupta. Gupta said “Gandi (customer agent compromise?) transferred control of Ankr’s account to the attacker and that was the root cause of the ...
Two remote procedure call (RPC) interfaces for Polygon (polygon-rpc.com) and Fantom (rpc.ftm.tools) were exploited in a domain name system (DNS) hijack attack on Friday, according to Polygon chief information security officer Mudit Gupta.
Gupta said “Gandi (customer agent compromise?) transferred control of Ankr’s account to the attacker and that was the root cause of the DNS Hijack.”
He continued saying Ankr was able to act quickly and regained access to the account. So at the time of writing, the accounts were with their correct owners.
RPC is a set of protocols that allow a client to interact with a blockchain. On the contrary, DNS hijacking is a type of cyber attack where hijackers manipulate queries and redirect users to malicious sites.
Gupta continued via Twitter saying, “We’ll work closely with Ankr to ensure this does not happen again.
Author: Tyler Irvin
Tags: hijack,Polygon,remote procedure call
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