Over 500M SAND Minted in Suspected The Sandbox Security Breach; Upbit Issues Warning, Bithumb Suspends Transfers

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Aug 22, 2026, 03:54 UTC

Over 500M SAND Minted in Suspected The Sandbox Security Breach; Upbit Issues Warning, Bithumb Suspends Transfers Major metaverse project The Sandbox is suspected of suffering a serious security breach on Base, with an attacker reportedly gaining token minting permissions and being able to mint SAND arbitrarily. Onchain data shows that more than 500 million SAND have been minted so far, with the activity still ongoing. The Sandbox is an Animoca Brands subsidiary and raised $93 million in a 2021 funding round. South Korea’s two largest crypto exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have both taken preca…

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