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Why a Bug Threatening XRP’s 100 Billion Supply Cap Remained Hidden for Years
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Why a Bug Threatening XRP’s 100 Billion Supply Cap Remained Hidden for Years

Key Highlights: Security researchers discovered an 11-year-old integer overflow bug in the XRP Ledger that theoretically could have allowed the creation of new XRP tokens out of thin air. Discovered on September 22 by researcher Cayden Liao and Veria AI, the flaw went unnoticed because typical transaction activity never approached the threshold needed to trigger ...

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Ripple (XRP) Averts Disaster After Vulnerability Exposed Billions of XRP to Exploit
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Ripple (XRP) Averts Disaster After Vulnerability Exposed Billions of XRP to Exploit

Key Highlights A critical 64-bit integer overflow vulnerability reported via the XRP Ledger bug bounty program could have allowed malicious actors to generate and extract billions of unauthorized XRP. Security controls designed to prevent the unauthorized creation of XRP were bypassed during testing by using hundreds of specially crafted buy and sell orders within a ...

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