Syscoin burns 5B SYS tokens after unauthorized mint
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Syscoin burns 5B SYS tokens after unauthorized mint

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Syscoin announced that the 5 billion SYS tokens created through an unauthorized minting episode have been fully retrieved and irrevocably destroyed. The tokens were sent to a designated recovery address before being burned, ensuring they are permanently inaccessible.

Recovery Operation

The Syscoin team traced the exploit to a compromised contract, isolated the vulnerable code, and transferred the illicit tokens to a dedicated recovery address.