Game Munchables confirmed about what happened in a post on X and said it will try to stop the transactions. According to blockchain company PeckShield, the hacker stole 17,400 Ether worth around $63 million at current prices. Public data on crypto transactions confirm the estimates.

However, the exploiter appears to have changed his mind and returned the funds in full later that day, according to blockchain data. Munchables announced that “all user funds are safe,” in a post on X, adding in a separate post that the hacker did not insist on any conditions.

The game is built on top of Blast, a so-called Layer 2 that promises more efficient transactions than established blockchains, as well as loyalty points similar to airlines.

Gamers in Munchables try to win prizes by taking care of digital creatures. Earlier this week, the game said that the value of tokens stored in its log has passed $80 million.

According to Immunefi, a platform offering rewards to professionals who find security flaws in cryptographic software, security exploits were worth a total of about $1.8 billion last year, down about 50 percent from 2022.

A premium flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, can generate 101 pounds of carbon emissions, or perhaps 142 or even 366 pounds – depending on sources on the Web.

The wide range of estimates is due to what some climate experts consider a growing problem centered on Google. More and more people are trying to consider the impact of climate change when choosing where to vacation or eat. However, scientists are still arguing about how to accurately assess the impact of many activities, including flying or meat production. While the math is being sorted out, some industries condemn emissions estimates as unfair, Wired wrote on the subject.

Google has led the way among major tech companies in trying to inform consumers about their potential carbon footprint when traveling, heating their homes, and, more recently, making dinner. But airlines, livestock farmers and other industry groups have resisted, saying Google’s actions could hurt their sales. They have demanded – successfully in the case of airlines – that the giant rethink the way it calculates and presents emissions data.

The UN climate panel has begun to say that individual decisions matter, noting for example in a report last year that traveling by train and avoiding long flights could contribute 40% of the potential reduction in global aviation emissions by 2050 as a result of changes in the way people choose to travel.

Emissions on the route to San Francisco are shown as 75 to 101 kilograms per first class passenger on Google. Myclimate suggests an average of 366, the trade group 142 and the UN body 85.

“It’s worrying when there is fragmentation and inconsistency. If we create noise rather than clarity and consistency, people get turned off and we don’t incentivise the behavior we want.”

Says Sally Davey, CEO of Travalyst, a non-profit that brings together travel sector players including airlines, Google, Expedia and Visa to standardize feed formulas.

Competitors such as Apple, which optimizes iPhone charging based on the local grid’s energy mix, and Microsoft, which highlights eco-friendly shopping items on Bing, have launched their own “green” features.

Google has a financial interest in making people feel comfortable in flight. Google doesn’t charge a commission for flight bookings, but travel and hotel operations, including airlines, are among the biggest users of Google ads, and users who are uncomfortable with travel because of its contribution to global warming could end up slowing travel and ad sales.

Green choices
People find it valuable to see emissions data when they buy flights, and will spend more on a less polluting option, according to a 2021 study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, that shows people a Google Flights-like experience.

The International Bridge, Tunnel and Highway Association disputes this theory, pointing to toll routes that may actually be more environmentally friendly, as they require fewer merges and delays due to better road conditions and more direct routes.

UC Davis animal science professor Frank Mitlohner, who works closely with farmers and ranchers, says consumers seem doomed to be confused by Internet services that force emissions estimates on them while they shop or look up other information online.

Thanks to the SkyPallet’s 3D Volume Calculator, the actual quantity of a non-standard shipment would be easily detected, giving information about how much space would be occupying given available capacity options. The 3D shipment visualisation can be shared with all involved parties.

To optimize capacity utilisation, a ULD build-up sequence is provided by SkyPallet’s Flight Planning module. Recently, this module was promoted with a new visual build-up plan feature that caters to the specific needs of flight planners and GHAs. It can easily calculate whether an incoming shipment would fit on the flight, using dimension assumptions when the final details are not fully known.

When it comes to the trim of the flights, it is ensured by the SkyPallet’s Weight & Balance module. Its algorithm takes into account trimming requirements and carries out the weight and density checks in order to ensure the aircraft’s centre of gravity (CG) is properly positioned.

The average calculation time for a shipment in SkyPallet is under 4 seconds, and a full aircraft is calculated in less than 1 minute. Nathanaël de Tarade, who is a chief commercial officer at Wiremind, said:

“Our vision at Wiremind is to offer the ultimate end-to-end software solution to the air cargo market. In order to do that, we work closely with industry stakeholders who have a global vision and established cargo expertise, not just in operations and handling, but also in commercial, pricing, and inventory management. This industry knowledge, combined with our data-science intelligence, results in a unique supporting software solution that serves to greatly simplify the work of handlers, flight analysts, sales, reservation agents and operations in their daily tasks. They benefit from sharing the same data at all stages of the cargo process, from quotation to booking to build up to delivery. This not only speeds up software-supported decision-making but also largely reduces the risk of errors caused by faulty or multiple data inputs for the same shipment.”

In the coming months, Wiremind will be launching its new additional products whose aim is to help airlines and forwarders better manage their cargo activities.