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Ivo Georgiev stated that EIP 7702 is a problem because it is very poorly understood.

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“This is a problem with EIP 7702, it’s just very, very poorly understood,” Georgiev said.

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Ivo Georgiev
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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Ido Ben-Natan warned that similar signing-system attacks threaten other exchanges and said transaction simulation could help detect malicious requests before they receive approval.

Ben-Natan warned that similar signing-system attacks threaten other exchanges and said transaction simulation could help detect malicious requests before they receive approval.

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Ido Ben-Natan
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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The speaker warned that exchange engineers might overlook the need to revoke a malicious EIP-7702 delegation after regaining control of their systems.

He said attackers could have drained the funds through other methods, but warned that exchange engineers might overlook the need to revoke a malicious EIP-7702 delegation after regaining control of their systems.

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Ivo Georgiev
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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Ido Ben-Natan said attackers may have used a compromised developer’s computer to gain access to Binance’s wallet-signing infrastructure.

Ben-Natan said attackers may have used a compromised developer’s computer to gain access to Binance’s wallet-signing infrastructure.

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Ido Ben-Natan
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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Cointelegraph quoted the speaker as saying that ultimately the signer signed a transaction that they shouldn't have.

“The takeaway is that ultimately the signer signed a transaction that they shouldn’t have,” he said.

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Ido Ben-Natan
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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Cointelegraph reported that Ambire CEO Ivo Georgiev said EIP-7702 made little difference because the hackers already had the ability to authorize transactions.

Ivo Georgiev, co-founder and CEO of Ethereum wallet provider Ambire, said that EIP-7702 made little difference to the attack because the hackers already had the ability to authorize transactions.

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Ivo Georgiev
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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