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Cronos Restarts Chain by Rolling State Back to Before the Tectonic Exploit

The Defiant·August 31, 2026·1 min read
Cronos Restarts Chain by Rolling State Back to Before the Tectonic Exploit

Cronos restarted its chain by rolling state back to before the Tectonic exploit. Validators discarded almost 11,000 blocks, erasing the attacker's balances and about two hours of transactions. The $6.29 million already bridged to Ethereum is beyond the rollback's reach.

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