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All transactions and processes on the Lisk (LSK) blockchain network was brought to an abrupt halt yesterday in an automated manner when the security feature in the blockchain was triggered by a malicious code. All the nodes on the blockchain stopped processing new block, leading to a complete halt of the network.<\/p>\n
Notably, the 150 odd transactions which were in the pipeline were not included in the blockchain and so no funds were lost. Lisk has mentioned that these transactions will not be re-broadcast to the blockchain as a measure of security. A patch has been released within a few hours by the Lisk team.<\/p>\n
Lisk explained that the automatic protection feature was triggered when an individual broadcast a faulty transaction to the Lisk network. In their Reddit post, Lisk team<\/a> has explained that the incident happened \u201cdue to a rare edge-case bug in transaction processing, this transaction was deemed valid and went through the processing steps on each individual node. However, it was an invalid, maliciously customized transaction type that utilized this particular code bug.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lisk team stated that there are enough security arrangements built into the Lisk core to prevent such untoward incidents that may fork the blockchain. All the nodes were temporarily halted in an automated manner to prevent loss of funds. \ud83d\udd27 This morning, the #Lisk<\/a> blockchain was temporarily halted due to an automated security measure. No user funds have been affected and a fix for this matter has already been implemented. For updates, head to the Reddit thread below. https:\/\/t.co\/FmSXANLMlh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lisk (@LiskHQ) June 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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