News Crypto Hacker Siphons $625 Million From Axie Infinity's Ronin Sidechain

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A hacker has successfully siphoned $624 million from Ronin, a sidechain for popular blockchain-based game Axie Infinity, by compromising five out of its nine validator nodes.

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A block chain with only 9 validator nodes? Sounds like a recipe for a relatively trivial 51% attack. No wonder it got owned.