CryptoSlate reported that Injective stopped producing blocks for nearly four hours during a validator rollout of an emergency fix. The account tied the pause to an exploit attempt that moved roughly $4.9 million to Ethereum. Injective described the action as an upgrade rather than a halt. The patch altered core chain code, according to the report, while consensus and staked INJ remained uncompromised. The linked CryptoSlate article added that Injective Foundation stated consensus and staked INJ stayed safe, though researchers noted vulnerable logic in native modules.