ZKsync updates security incident progress: investigation is still ongoing, working hard to achieve decentralized sorting and recover funds

Odaily Planet Daily News ZKsync posted an update on the progress of the security incident on the X platform, stating that: This incident was caused by the theft of the airdrop management key, which was included in three specific Merkle distribution contracts for the issuance of ZK tokens in June 2024. Since the total issuance limit of each distribution contract has been fully minted, additional ZK tokens cannot be minted from any distribution contract. No further attacks can be carried out through this method. The stolen management key cannot control any other contracts and cannot perform any other operations except minting unclaimed tokens from the airdrop after the claim window period ends. Matter Labs is currently the only sorter of the ZKsync Era chain. Matter Labs is unable to deal with all potential incidents involving a single smart contract. It is working to upgrade ZKsync to the first stage and achieve decentralized sorting. ZKsync Era is currently in the first stage Rollup state. It should be emphasized that the ZKsync Governance and Security Committee has the right to replace the sorter and remove all filters at any time. The investigation is still ongoing and efforts are being actively made to recover funds.