Humanity Protocol founder Terence Kwok has pledged to overhaul the decentralized identity project’s cybersecurity posture following a June exploit that drained $36 million in Humanity (H) tok
Humanity Protocol founder Terence Kwok has pledged to overhaul the decentralized identity project’s cybersecurity posture following a June exploit that drained $36 million in Humanity (H) tokens from the platform, tracing the breach directly to a compromised employee laptop.
In an interview, Kwok revealed that during last year’s mainnet launch, several production keys were inadvertently backed up onto the laptop that was later compromised. Those keys included admin hot wallet keys and a quorum of multisig owner keys across both chains. The result was a catastrophic point of failure that attackers were able to fully exploit. Reflecting on the incident, Kwok said:
