The Cardano blockchain has proven the security of the platform by stopping a DDoS attack with no consequences for its users. Cardano is the first blockchain platform built on peer-reviewed research, secure enough to protect the data of billions of people, scalable enough to host global systems, and robust enough to support fundamental change.
Stopping the attack
On June 25, the Cardano blockchain successfully thwarted a DDoS attack that attempted to steal hosted tokens without significantly impacting network operations.
The attack involved transactions executing multiple smart contracts and was halted after a vulnerability was discovered in a Cardano developer’s message that led to the theft of the attacker’s funds.
The Cardano blockchain suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack late Tuesday night in an attempt to steal tokens hosted on the network. However, the attack was unsuccessful and eliminated before any damage was done, and the network continued to operate as normal.
Fluid Token Chief Technology Officer @ElRaulito_cnft reported on X that the attack started with block 10,487,530, with each transaction executing 194 smart contracts. The attacker spent 0.9 ADA per transaction and filled each block with multiple transactions in an attempt to overload the network.
Philip Disarro, founder of Cardano development firm Anastasia, said the DDoS attack could be stopped immediately by unregistering the credentials used by the attacker. The attack was stopped shortly after Disarro’s post was published.
“DDOSer halted his attack after reading my tweet in an effort to protect his funds. Alas, they were too late and the pillaging of their funds is already in progress. Thanks for the free money moron,” he said.
What is a DDoS attack
DDoS (Denial of Service) is a common attack vector in which an attacker floods a server (or blockchain) with spam traffic to prevent users from accessing connected online services and sites.
Such requests are made automatically from different devices, which can number in hundreds. Under such load, the server fails and users cannot access it.
