Crypto exchanges CoinSpot and Poloniex have been targeted by hackers, resulting in significant losses. CoinSpot lost approximately $2 million, with 1283 ETH drained from its wallets, which were then converted to BTC. The attacker, identified as 0x326d, is suspected to have compromised a private key, according to CertiK. Poloniex, owned by Justin Sun, lost over $60 million. Assets were transferred from the address '0xA910' to a new address '0x0A59' and converted to ETH and TRX. A mishap occurred when the Poloniex hacker accidentally sent $2.5M to the token contract. Sun has confirmed the attack and pledged to fully reimburse the affected funds.
Cryptocurrency exchange @Poloniex has been hacked with the loss estimated to be around $114 million, according to on-chain data. Reporting by @oknightcrypto. https://t.co/LHEBkluGSz
JUST IN: Tron founder Justin Sun's crypto exchange Poloniex hacked for over $100 million.
Justin Sun-Owned Crypto Exchange Poloniex Hacked for At Least $60M ► https://t.co/LocG4Xv3e3 https://t.co/LocG4Xv3e3
Poloniex Hacker is selling stolen assets on #Ethereum for $ETH and stolen assets on #Tron Network for $TRX. Stay safe! #poloniexhacker https://t.co/RFi9PHpbyp https://t.co/6BlwKUOHG5 https://t.co/G6ETnc3Q1M
Justin Sun had poloniex hacked just to pump $trx https://t.co/pG6y6YYdez
Poloniex investor Justin Sun has confirmed the attack, saying the exchange 'will fully reimburse the affected funds' https://t.co/bW2krDfVep
Bahahaha, Poloniex hacker just fat fingered $2.5M, sending a bunch of token to the token contract! Someone's probably not making it back to the North Korean barracks tonight 😬 https://t.co/kUXuUSjP6O
Justin Sun's crypto exchange Poloniex seemingly hit by $60 million hack https://t.co/rdDfDWVRXq
Breaking: Justin Sun’s Poloniex exchange (0xA9...22ba) was suspected of being stolen, and the loss of assets may exceed 60 million US dollars. Poloniex stated that the exchange wallet has been disabled for maintenance and will be updated once the wallet is re-enabled.… https://t.co/MiKhxnnwjo
.@Poloniex is suspected to have been hacked. The Poloniex address '0xA910' transferred all tokens to a new address '0x0A59' in 40 minutes, with a total value of about $60 million. '0x0A59' is currently transferring funds to more addresses and converting them to $ETH: https://t.co/Kjdw5gIkxa
‼️@Poloniex is currently under ongoing attack. More than $5.94M was already drained! 🧶More details are below...
.@coinspotau was hacked 14 hours ago. Hacker 0x326d took 1.27K $ETH from them. Then, the hacker determined to sold all stolen $ETH for $BTC via 3 routes. However, we managed to follow the hacker's trail: https://t.co/KauHWd0yX5
ICYMI: ZachXBT says CoinSpot wallets appear to have lost around $2 million of crypto in possible hack https://t.co/R6PCmbAtop
Blockchain sleuth @zachxbt says Australian crypto exchange @CoinSpot has suffered an estimated $2.4 million exploit. Meanwhile, blockchain security firm @CertiK has pinned the exploit as a “probable private key compromise.” https://t.co/uIofrUNFMz
CoinSpot @coinspotau wallets were drained, resulting in an approximate loss of ~$2 million (1283 ETH). The drained amount was then bridged and swapped to BTC." https://t.co/4TQmCQoTsn
#PeckShieldAlert ZachXBT @zachxbt has reposted that #CoinSpot wallets appear to be drained ~$2M worth of $ETH (~1,282 ETH) The presumed attacker 0x326d…89B8 has bridged ~831 $ETH for 41 $BTC via #Thorchain and swapped 451 $ETH for 24 $WBTC https://t.co/CbbBKbn80f
ZachXBT says CoinSpot wallets appear to have lost around $2 million of crypto in possible hack https://t.co/rzE5HKkH3N
‼️Crypto exchange @coinspotau was drained for ~$2M! More details are below...