SideSwap PAK

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Techniques

A peg-out authorization key mechanism used to authorize withdrawals from Liquid.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by security coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 39%.

9Hacker News·9/6/2026security
Liquid Network Pauses After 4,000 BTC Withdrawal
Liquid Network says ~4,000 BTC, worth about $320 million, were withdrawn from the Liquid Federation wallet in a security incident. The team says the SideSwap PAK was used but not compromised, bridge nodes have been disabled, and LBTC deposits and withdrawals are being paused while the issue is investigated.
8InfoQ·8/23/2026security
DRAM Controller Register Manipulation Can Break CPU Memory Isolation
Security researcher Christopher Domas showed that manipulating memory controller translation registers can let unprivileged software access protected memory regions. The open-source tool skitter-creek-bath-salts demonstrates a hardware-level weakness that could have implications for cloud isolation and confidential computing.