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Blockchain security company Hexens disclosed in February the discovery of the Aptos blockchain Move VM vulnerability, which originates from a cache processing flaw and can lead to type confusion. Attackers theoretically have high privileges in stablecoin minting, cross chain bridges, and DeFi protocols. Hexens used a $3000 server to build a simulation environment for testing, evaluating that the vulnerability affects approximately $250 million of Aptos native TVL, with a theoretical systemic risk exposure of up to $70 billion. Aptos indicates that the vulnerability has extremely low exploitability in real environments and has been fixed through a vulnerability bounty program without causing any financial losses.