Poloniex hot wallet hacked with losses reportedly over $33m
Poloniex investor Justin Sun has confirmed the attack, saying the exchange “will fully reimburse the affected funds.” Crypto exchange Poloniex appears to be the latest trading platform to suffer a hack, resulting in a loss of more than $33 million worth of crypto. According to analysts at PeckShield, the hackers drained millions of dollars from one of the exchange’s hot wallet . Research analyst at 21co Tom Wan said in an X post that currently estimated loss is at $34 million. A @DuneAnalytics query ready for you to track how much the Potential hacker got from Poloniex Currently estimated loss at ~$34M, including: – $10M ETH – $2.56M GLM – $2.4M LINK and more https://t.co/judOiLzv4q pic.twitter.com/gcB4eofdwB — Tom Wan (@tomwanhh) November 10, 2023 Poloniex investor Justin Sun has confirmed the incident, but did not elaborate on the matter. He reassured customers that the exchange “maintains a healthy financial position and will ful...