Cardano mainnet incident: facts at a glance
On November 23, Intersect published "Facts at a Glance" regarding the November 21 Cardano mainnet incident. A malformed transaction exploited a deserialization bug, causing a temporary chain partition. The network never went offline, and no funds were stolen. A coordinated ecosystem response, involving node upgrades to v10.5.2/v10.5.3 by SPOs and exchanges, restored convergence within 14.5 hours.
