On October 17, Everscale’s official X/Twitter account revealed that “unfortunately, a large number of EVER tokens have been stolen”. On the news, the EVER token plummeted close to 20% and is trading at around the $0.026 mark at time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap.
The post published by Everscale, a standalone blockchain network, further confirmed that the organization is currently working with exchanges in order to “stop any further outflow of tokens”. The network has also frozen the Octus Bridge, as part of its ongoing response.
At time of writing, further details of the theft are yet to be disclosed by the Everscale account, however, the attack has also been reported on X/Twitter by the likes of @PeckShieldAlert.
Source: CoinMarketCap