Crypto exchange CoinEx suffers hacked at least US$43 million
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx Global suffered a security breach on Tuesday, resulting in an estimated loss of $43 million in cryptocurrencies.
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Brief information
- The exchange is still ongoing judge The company was investigating the full extent of crypto assets lost in the exploit, but said on Wednesday morning that it had identified a second set of suspicious wallet addresses linked to the breach and tokens such as Ether, XRP, Solana, Kadena and Dagger have withdrawn.
- Ahead of CoinEx’s latest update, blockchain security company PeckShield said on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday estimated the exchange’s loss at around $43 million. The first set of addresses associated with the hack identified from CoinEx stole Ether, Bitcoin and Tron from the platform.
- CoinEx said a note announced on Tuesday after the attack on his X account that all user resources were safe and secure. The exchange has suspended deposit and withdrawal services and assured that affected users will receive full compensation for any losses caused by the hack.
- Hackers stole more than $3.8 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, according to blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis. Of this, North Korean-backed cyber actors stole $1.7 billion.
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