Prior known-ignored disclosure

Evidence summary #

No evidence of a disclosed vulnerability that was known and ignored before exploitation. The sole incident (Orthogonal default) was a credit/counterparty event, not a smart-contract vulnerability. No prior-ignored disclosure found in any searched source.

Detail #

Searched: rekt.news, CoinDesk coverage, M11 Credit post-mortem, hacksdatabase, public post-mortems. No evidence of a security researcher disclosing a vulnerability to Maple that was ignored before a subsequent exploit. The 2022 incident was a credit/operational failure — Orthogonal Trading misrepresented its financials; this was not a prior-disclosed-and-ignored code vulnerability. No smart-contract exploits have occurred. Green threshold: no evidence of prior known-ignored disclosure.

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Methodology #

Determine whether evidence exists in prior-incident post-mortems that a disclosed vulnerability was reported to the team and not actioned before exploit.

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