Yuga Labs CEO: A few hours ago we discovered a vulnerability, Quit is working on it...

Description of the projectYuga Labs CEO Michael Figge discloses a vulnerability, team member Quit performs white hat rescue and the affected assets are safe; previously Magic Eden was suspected of being attacked, White Hat transferred 3832 pieces from hundreds of wallets to NFT , sparking concerns about NFT asset security and on-chain return progress.

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According to PANews on September 25, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge said that a vulnerability was discovered hours ago, team member Quit is conducting white hat rescue and all affected assets are safe. This statement temporarily pulled the event back from NFT 's Asset Safety Cell communication framework:

Key information from the breach: White Hat operations and return arrangements

Figge's description was brief: the vulnerability had been discovered a few hours earlier, rescue was performed by team member Quit, all affected assets were safe and more information will be released soon. Subsequently, Quit itself tweeted in sync confirmation that this is a white hat operation with address 0x71cF3f5724bD2B72Ef6464992aCd26216DE7fe33 All assets are secure and will be returned after risk elimination.

In NFT asset security incidents, a white hat rescue kit typically refers to security personnel or project parties moving potentially transferred assets to controllable addresses before the vulnerability is exploited or at an early stage and then returning them to their original owners after it has been fixed. Unlike malicious attacks, White Hat operations are not focused on profits but rather on stop loss and obtaining evidence.

Why NFT is in the spotlight

The article also mentions that Magic Eden was previously suspected to have been attacked by hacker , the white hat company hacker transferred 3832 from hundreds of wallets NFT 。3832 This number is sensitive because, unlike homogenized token , loss can be measured simply in terms of price. It may include series collectibles, game props or community identity cards, and there are large differences in scarcity and community value behind a single asset.

Hundreds of wallets were transferred, indicating that the incident was not a single account being phished but could involve some risk point in the platform, contract, front-end or authorization link. Magic Eden is the trading platform for NFT and Yuga Labs is the well-known project party to NFT , both mentioned during the same time period, making it easy for the market to associate the vulnerability with the attack on the platform itself.

Follow-up: Type of vulnerability, rate of return and risk disclosure

The next concern is not whether the asset is temporarily secure, but where exactly the vulnerability lies. If a problem occurs in smart contract , fixing it usually requires code changes, re-deployment or suspension of related functionality; if it occurs on the front end, authorization signatures or platform interaction processes, users may need to confirm which operations trigger risk.

For NFT holders, such incidents bring back two long-standing issues regarding the security of on-chain assets: private key 's relationship with authorization management and project party crisis communication speed. Public information should only be used as a record of fact rather than interpreted to mean that the platform or project party has completely ruled out risk. With Figge saying more information will be released soon, follow-up announcements, address changes for on-chain , safety briefings and audit results will determine whether this white hat rescue can truly close the loop.