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Today in crypto, Ethereum’s Pectra has opened a new attack vector that could allow hackers to drain funds using only an offchain signature, Bitcoin SV (BSV) investors attempt to rekindle 2019 Binance lawsuit, Robert Kiyosaki has urged his followers to abandon what he calls “fake money” and adopt alternatives like Bitcoin, gold and silver.
Ethereum’s latest network upgrade, Pectra, introduced powerful new features aimed at improving scalability and smart account functionality — but it also opened a dangerous new attack vector that could allow hackers to drain funds from user wallets using only an offchain signature.
Under the Pectra upgrade, which went live on May 7 at epoch 364032, attackers can exploit a new transaction type to take control of externally owned accounts (EOAs) without requiring the user to sign an onchain transaction.
