On Friday, September 25, 2026, a flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put more than 23,000 old Magic Eden Ethereum NFT listings at risk of theft.
[Paragraph] The vulnerability allowed attackers to redirect payments from legacy listings to an external contract, according to the wire report. No funds were moved before whitehat interveners flagged the issue. (Need to ensure attribution: first figure in section attributed to wire.)
Now second sentence: "No funds were moved before whitehat interveners flagged the issue." No need to attribute again.
Now we need to keep under 55 words. Count: The wire report said the vulnerability allowed attackers to redirect payments from legacy listings to an external contract. (Count words) The(1) wire(2) report(3) said(4) the(5) vulnerability(6) allowed(7) attackers(8) to(9) redirect(10) payments(11) from(12) legacy(13) listings(14) to(15) an(16) external(17) contract(18).
That's 18 words. Good.
Second sentence: No(1) funds(2) were(3) moved(4) before(5) whitehat(6) interveners(7) flagged(8) the(9) issue(10). 10 words.
Now next subheading.
Where the funds went
Paragraph: Whitehat responders rescued the at‑risk NFTs by re‑listing them through a secure wrapper, preventing any outflow. According to the disclosed incident, the rescue completed before any transaction could be executed on-chain. Need attribution: first figure attributed to disclosed incident.
Let's attribute: "According to the disclosed incident, whitehat responders rescued the at‑risk NFTs by re‑listing them through a secure wrapper." Count words: According(1) to(2) the(3) disclosed(4) incident,(5) whitehat(6) responders(7) rescued(8) the(9) at‑risk(10) NFTs(11) by(12) re‑listing(13) them(14) through(15) a(16) secure(17) wrapper(18). 18 words.
Second sentence: "The rescue completed before any transaction could be executed on-chain." Count: The(1) rescue(2) completed(3) before(4) any(5) transaction(6) could(7) be(8) executed(9) on‑chain(10). 10 words.
Now we can add a chart spec after this paragraph maybe.
Now next subheading: ## Response and impact
Paragraph: First figure attribute to CoinGecko: "CoinGecko on 2026-09-25 showed ETH trading at $2,693.05, up 0.24% in the past 24 hours and 3.85% over seven days." Count words: CoinGecko(1) on(2) 2026-09-25(3) showed(4) ETH(5) trading(6) at(7) $2,693.05,(8) up(9) 0.24%(10) in(11) the(12) past(13) 24(14) hours(15) and(16) 3.85%(17) over(18) seven(19) days(20). 20 words.
Second sentence: "The token’s circulating supply remained at 122.08 million, unchanged from its total supply, since genesis on 2015-07-30." Count: The(1) token’s(2) circulating(3) supply(4) remained(5) at(6) 122.08(7) million,(8) unchanged(9) from(10) its(11) total(12) supply,(13) since(14) genesis(15) on(16) 2015-07-30(17).
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