In one of the latest hacks to rock cryptocurrency, crypto exchange CoinEX has fallen victim to a massive exploit, leading to over $27.8 million loss.
Hackers Drain $27.5 Million From Exchange’s Hot Wallets
According to a report by crypto journalist Colin Wu, this latest attack on CoinEX has caused the exodus of more than $27.5 million from the exchange’s Ethereum, Tron, and Polygon hot wallets.
Based on available information, the attack has caused a loss of massive amounts of ETH, MATIC, TRX tokens from CoinEX’s wallets. Although there has been no official report from the cryptocurrency exchange, blockchain security firms have notified CoinEX of the suspected hack.
“Hi @coinexcom, suspicious outflow of large funds from #coinex hot wallets,” blockchain security firm PeckShield wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
According to Wu Blockchain’s report, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange seems to be transferring assets on the affected wallets to the cold wallet 0xf54…7E5d
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