Velodrome domain restored and locked pending transfer to new provider
Velodrome domain restored and locked pending transfer to new provider
The Velodrome domain has been restored and is currently locked at the top-level domain level. Service has been resumed and the decentralized frontend is accessible and uncompromised. Users are advised to clear their caches before interacting with the site.
We are happy to announce that earlier today we were able to regain control of our domain following a social engineering attack on our provider. We are still working to restore our primary domain and will share an update soon. More details on the attack + response will follow.
Protocol funds are safe, contracts are unaffected; please ensure you are accessing our decentralized frontend at velo.drome.eth.limo and review any permissions granted in the last several hours.
Our frontend is currently compromised. Please do not interact with Velodrome for the time being. The team are investigating and will communicate more here when we have it.
Service has now been restored to velodrome.finance. We are continuing to investigate both the social engineering attack on our provider and the attacker. We will share more information soon.
We are happy to announce that earlier today we were able to regain control of our domain following a social engineering attack on our provider. We are still working to restore our primary domain and will share an update soon. More details on the attack + response will follow.
The domain has been restored again and is locked at the TLD level pending transfer to a new provider. You can now resume using velodrome.finance. Our decentralized frontend can be accessed at velo.drome.eth.limo and has remained uncompromised.
It appears our provider has been exploited again. Please do not interact with our front end.
Our frontend is currently compromised. Please do not interact with Velodrome for the time being. The team are investigating and will communicate more here when we have it.
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