Axie Infinity players can make transactions again after previous hack

Nft game Axie Infinity can be played normally again, including making transactions. The makers have opened the Ronin Bridge again for this. This connection has been offline for months after a previous hack.

The company behind Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis, reports in a blog post that the Ronin Bridge can be used again, so that users can easily carry out transactions with the Ronin Network again. This is the blockchain behind Axie Infinity. The hard-fork to reopen the bridge, which required all validators to update their software, was completed successfully.

The Ronin Bridge, the connection between the Ronin Network and the ethereum mainnet, was hacked at the end of March. That resulted in the theft of 173,600 ethereum and 25.5 million USDC on the Ronin Bridge in the form of two transactions. End of April orphan the company to a spear phishing attack that affected an employee. The attackers managed to get in. This employee is no longer with Sky Mavis. The hack has previously been linked by the American FBI to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus.

According to the makers, the bridge has been subjected to an internal examination and two external examinations and improvements have been made. For example, the bridge now has a circuit-breaker system that can block large, suspicious cash withdrawals in an emergency. Sky Mavis will also compensate affected players.

The game Axie Infinity revolves around collecting and training Axies. These are small animals that can be used to breed new Axies. In addition, it is possible to use these critters in battles against others. Its purpose is to collect Axie Infinity Shards (AXS) and Smoot Love Potions (SLP). These are ethereum-based cryptocurrencies. Players can cash out these tokens from Axie Infinity so they can use their in-game assets in the real world. Axie Infinity was a very popular play-to-earn game.