Security company PeckShield monitored last night that there were abnormal withdrawal activities in the hot wallet of the CoinEx exchange, including tokens such as ETH, TRON and MATIC being transferred out without authorization, and the exchange later confirmed that it had been hacked. There was a customer attack, but the official has not disclosed the specific amount of losses so far.
Urgent Notice: Security Incident on CoinEx – Immediate Actions UnderwayOn September 12, 2023, our Risk Control System detected anomalous withdrawals from several hot wallet addresses used to store CoinEx's exchange assets. Promptly recognizing the gravity of the situation, we…
— CoinEx Global (@coinexcom) September 12, 2023
However, according to statistics from PeckShield, the total loss is estimated to have exceeded US$43 million, and the attack covered multiple blockchain networks:
$19 million on Ethereum
$6.4 million on BSC
$11.5M on TRON
$6 million in BTC
$295,000 at Polygon
Although CoinEx stated that the losses represented only a small portion of total assets, affected parties will receive 100% compensation for the losses they suffered due to this attack. Judging from the cold wallet of the official Ethereum network, there are only about 70 million US dollars in cryptocurrency assets. Currently, the official has temporarily closed deposits and withdrawals on the exchange. It is recommended that users should run first and win first when restarting withdrawals.
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