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130 sats \ 0 replies \ @fgiveme 8 Aug 2022 \ parent \ on: Mass Exit Attacks on the Lightning Network [PDF] bitcoin
From my understanding, it's a DDoS attack that must be executed during a high fee event.
Attackers create multiple LN channels before the attack, bait people to route balance in the channel from them, then wait until a congestion happen and double spend their balance.
This will force their honest LN partners to force close the channels, at the cost of 1 onchain tx per partner, during a congestion.