North Korean Attackers Linked to $54M CoinEx Hack, Blockchain Data Suggests

North Korean Attackers Linked to $54M CoinEx Hack, Blockchain Data Suggests


North Korean attackers linked to a recent crypto exploit could be behind the latest crypto business security causality, according to data cited by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT and verified by CoinDesk.

CoinEx exchange was hacked for an estimated $27 million on Tuesday – a figure that later ballooned to $54 million worth of tokens drained from the exchange as details of several impacted wallets were released by the exchange through Wednesday afternoon.

The hackers siphoned ether (ETH), XRP, tron’s TRX, MATIC, solana’s SOL, kadena’s KDA and dagger’s XDAG tokens after exploiting a lax security measure on wallets used by the exchange. CoinEx has since released over 10 “suspicious” addresses

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