Syscoin cross chain bridge attacked, affecting 5 billion SYS tokens

Syscoin announced on the X platform that a cross chain bridge was attacked due to a verification vulnerability, involving 5 billion SYS tokens. The bridging service has been suspended, and the team is investigating and fixing the issue. The attacker created unauthorized SYS output on the UTXO side, and the affected funds have been transferred and split. The team is tracking the flow of funds and working with exchanges and ecosystem partners to prevent contaminated UTXOs from entering circulation. The repair plan has been determined, and it is recommended that users avoid interaction before restoring the cross chain bridge.