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Jafrin Ahmed
Jul 2, 2022
by Jafrin Ahmed

DNS Attack Compromises Ankr's RPC Gateway for Polygon and Fantom

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  1. Polygon, Fantom Suffer DNS Attack
Ankr, a company engaged in providing infrastructure for web3 services announced that hackers were targeting its Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) services which it offers to Polygon and Fantom.

Polygon, Fantom Suffer DNS Attack

Gupta acknowledged working with Ankr and advised using Alchemy RPCs up until the problem is fixed. He also emphasized that Polygon is developing its own RPC in order to increase reliability. Additionally, Fantom also urged its users not to make use of the hacked RPC.

The hacker accessed Polygon and Fantom's remote procedure call (RPC) interfaces through the Web3 infrastructure platform Ankr by tricking a third party domain name system (DNS) provider into giving the hacker access to Polygon and Fantom's domains.

Safe access to the crypto platforms' websites was restored shortly a few hours earlier, according to an update from Ankr.

Ankr provides Polygon and Fantom with public RPC gateways, computer programs that allow crypto wallets and web browsers to communicate with Ethereum validator nodes.

The attack also follows a number of significant cryptocurrency attacks that occurred in July. The greatest target last month was Harmony, a decentralized exchange, when $100 million in platform funds were taken.

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DNS Attack Compromises Ankr's RPC Gateway for Polygon and Fantom
Jafrin Ahmed
Jafrin is a cryptocurrency journalist/researcher fascinated by the world of decentralization. She is hopeful towards blockchain’s innovation and its potential to reshape the world for good. Currently, she is bringing out the best of cryptosphere via covering the latest ins and outs of the blockchain space.

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