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Ozys, the South Korean blockchain technology company that suffered an $81.5 million hack on its cross-chain protocol Orbit Bridge, alleged in a blog …
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Published on January 25, 2024 10:27 GMT+00:00edited on January 25, 2024 10:31 GMT+00:00
Ozys, the South Korean blockchain technology company that suffered an $81.5 million hack on its cross-chain protocol Orbit Bridge, alleged in a blog post on Thursday that its former chief information security officer had arbitrarily weakened the company firewall before the security breach. Ozys did not disclose the name of the former employee.
The company has filed a lawsuit for damages against its former CISO while submitting a petition requesting the local police to investigate the former employee's possible involvement with the hack, South Korean news agency News1 reported Thursday.
Ozys alleges that the former security chief made several changes to the internal firewall on Nov. 22, two days after the employee requested voluntary resignation. They allegedly left the company on …