Cronos restarts network after emergency halt over Tectonic exploit

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Cronos has resumed block production after validators halted the network during an exploit targeting Tectonic and restored the chain state to a point before the attack. Summary Cronos resumed block production after validators halted the network during an exploit targeting the Tectonic protocol. The chain was restored to its state before the exploit, with block production restarting from block 90,896,189. Cronos remains under observation, while some protocols, RPC providers, explorers and bridges may take longer to return. A full postmortem covering the Tectonic exploit and the network’s response will be released soon. Cronos Network said the blockchain was fully back online after the validator set coordinated an emergency halt designed to protect users while the Tectonic incident was being contained. The restart followed a rollback of the network state, effectively returning Cronos to its condition before the exploit. The Cronos Network is producing blocks again and is fully back online.The Cronos Network halted earlier today. This was a validator-consensus emergency action to protect users from an exploit on the Tectonic protocol. The chain state was restored to before the Tectonic...

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