The as-yet-identified attacker behind Approximately 5,913 ETH, or about $22 million, was In Gala’s Discord server Tuesday, CEO Eric “Benefactor” Schiermeyer said that the firm will “probably buy and burn” GALA tokens using the recovered ETH—a move that could potentially drive up the price of the token following Monday’s dip.On Monday, Schiermeyer wrote in a Discord announcement that the crypto gaming startup believed it knew who was behind the attack, and said it was working with authorities to bring the attacker to justice. The person in question has yet to be publicly identified, and Gala Games would not comment further beyond published statements.Gala After about 45 minutes, Gala was able to block the wallet from making any further sales thanks to a function built into its v2 contract upgrade from last fall. The attacker was able to sell 600 million GALA tokens before that happened, and the price of GALA plunged by 20% during that span as the market contended with the flood of tokens.“We want to assure our community that the minting capabilities of $GALA on GalaChain remain secure and uncompromised,” the post reads. “Our internal controls and multisig security protocols are designed to protect against such incidents, and we are continuously enhancing them to stay ahead of potential threats.” Important UpdateWe recently detected and addressed a security incident involving $GALA tokens. Thanks to our network’s robust security, the situation was quickly under control. Your GalaChain assets and $GALA Ethereum contract are secure.https://t.co/O3himruM4E— Gala Games (@GoGalaGames) May 21, 2024However, while the firm claimed that the contract is secure, Schiermeyer previously wrote on Monday that Gala had “messed up” in regards to access to such functions.”We messed up our internal controls… this shouldn’t have happened and we are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t ever again,” he wrote Monday.What about the other 4.4 billion GALA tokens? That’s nearly 9% of the total supply of 50 billion GALA tokens, and they currently sit frozen inside of the attacker’s wallet. On Monday, Schiermeyer wrote that they would be considered “effectively burned,” as they’re inaccessible and can’t be spent.In other words, the Gala ecosystem would consider them removed from circulation. But now, it appears that Schiermeyer’s classification was premature, and the community of Gala network node operators will have the opportunity to vote on the question.“A new Founder’s Node ecosystem governance vote will soon decide if the blocklisted GALA will be considered burned as it relates to GALA’s dynamic supply distribution model as described in the Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
