Solana Foundation launches security overhaul days after $270 million Drift exploit
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The Solana Foundation introduced new security initiatives following a $270 million hack of the Drift Protocol by North Korean-linked attackers.Summary
The Solana Foundation has launched two major security initiatives, Stride and the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN), following a $270 million exploit of the Drift Protocol. Stride provides security evaluations and formal verification for protocols, while SIRN offers a real-time crisis response network. Despite these measures, experts note that the Drift attack relied on human social engineering rather than code vulnerabilities, highlighting the ongoing challenge of securing offchain human factors in decentralized finance.
(Source：CoinDesk)