CEO of SSV Labs dismisses concerns, the slashing incident due to external key management error.

SSV Labs confirms that the recent slashing incident involving multiple Ethereum validators stemmed from external key management errors, unrelated to faults in the protocol. CEO Alon Muroch emphasizes that the SSV Network has not been compromised and that no urgent action is required from operators or stakers.

According to the report, the largest incident involving 39 validators operated by Ankr stemmed from a maintenance configuration error that caused the validators to operate simultaneously on two different infrastructures. A smaller incident, involving a validator that previously moved from Allnodes, is still under investigation.

SSV Labs stated that their staking infrastructure is designed to minimize slashing risks through distributed validator technology, but security measures only take effect when the validator key is kept entirely within the SSV system.