Cosmos Labs Advises EVM Chains to Pause Block Production Immediately
TL;DR
- Cosmos Labs warned EVM-compatible networks running on its infrastructure to pause block production immediately following a security incident.
- The company did not identify the affected networks, did not confirm whether any funds were stolen, and did not specify whether the cause was an exploit, a bug, or a configuration failure.
- Twenty-four hours after the initial alert, the protocol had not published any technical details about the nature of the incident or a list of the compromised chains.
The modular blockchain network Cosmos issued a security alert directed at Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible networks operating on its infrastructure.
Through its engineering and security teams, Cosmos Labs recommended that operators in contact with the company ask their validators to halt block production until the situation was brought under control. The exact nature of the incident, the chains involved, and whether any financial losses occurred were not confirmed at any point.
The measure is typically used to limit the exploitability of a vulnerability while development teams identify the root cause. In this case, the protocol did not confirm whether the incident originated from an active exploit, a software bug, or some other type of attack on the shared infrastructure.
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