“Differing from traditional attacks that shut down chains by crashing nodes, the HamsterWheel attack traps all nodes in a state of ceaseless operation without processing new transactions, as if they were running on a hamster wheel. This strategy can cripple entire networks, effectively rendering them inoperable,” CertiK said in a press release on Monday.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/06/19/blockchain-security-firm-certik-found-an-infinite-loop-bug-in-sui-network/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines