Hacker compromised EOS user account and stole 2.09 million EOS cryptocurrency coins

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A hacker has stolen 2.09 million EOS coins after one of the 21 EOS Block Producers failed to update its blacklist.
The Huobi Global froze the accounts to which the hacker sent the stolen funds.

Why it matters – A hacker has stolen 2.09 million EOS coins after one of the 21 EOS Block Producers failed to update its blacklist.

What is the issue – EOS42 also known as EOS Go said in a community post that one of its users had their EOS account compromised by a hacker on February 22, 2019.

The big picture – Upon learning the hack, the user followed a normal security procedure that was hard-coded inside the EOS blockchain code to enable the blacklisting of malicious accounts.