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Multisig Attack

An exploit targeting multisig wallets, either through social engineering signers, compromising enough keys to meet the threshold, or exploiting bugs in the multisig contract itself.

Definition

An exploit targeting multisig wallets, either through social engineering signers, compromising enough keys to meet the threshold, or exploiting bugs in the multisig contract itself. The 2017 Parity multisig hack and the 2022 Ronin bridge hack (compromised 5 of 9 signers) are notorious examples.

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