When the apes hack back

Normally when data goes out the door, it's gone - you can’t put the cat back in the bag, the horse back in the stable, or any other animal-metaphor back in its proper place.

But crypto isn’t normal. When an NFT goes out the door, what if you could hack it back?

In late 2023, NFTTrader had a re-entrancy vulnerability that led to the loss of a lot of valuable assets. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Intrepid community members used the same re-entrancy to take their assets back. (Re)-enter the matrix with us to learn how.

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Two curious web security professionals that stumbled into the world of Web3 and have yet to find their way out...