Aztec Connect’s abandoned smart contract exploited for $2M three years after shutdown

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An attacker exploited a proof-verification flaw in Aztec Connect's abandoned RollupProcessorV3 contract to withdraw roughly $2.1 million, including 909 ETH, from a privacy bridge that Aztec Labs shut down three years ago and can no longer control.

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