While the attacker who hacked Justin Sun’s cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex continued his transfer transactions, details of the heist worth tens of millions of dollars emerged.
Poloniex was hacked around noon today and millions of dollars worth of user assets were stolen. Reported by on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain to data According to the attacker, Poloniex Ethereum And tron from networks about $118 million stole worth of cryptocurrencies.
Among these assets, there are 443 assets worth $16.5 million. Bitcoin (BTC)$12.7 million 6,103 Ethereum (ETH)6.65 million USD Coin (USDC)577 billion worth $4.74 million Shiba Inu (SHIB)25.5 trillion worth $4.15 million Dogelon Mars (ELON)3.65 million USDD197.7 million worth $2.67 million Open Exchange Token (OX) took place.
Shortly after the hacking incident, the attacker tried to hide the cryptocurrencies in the wallet by transferring them to dozens of different wallets. In addition, he was also seen transferring ETH, MANA and TRX.
Reward offer to hacker
Justin Sun, owner of Poloniex, stated in his first statements that they were investigating the situation and were ready to cooperate. Then a new post Sun, who shared the money he stole from the hack, 5% that you can take andwhite hatHe announced that he could choose the path:
We offer 5% white hat reward to Poloniex hacker. Please refund the funds to the following ETH/TRX/BTC wallets. We will give you 7 days to evaluate this offer before resorting to legal enforcement.
ETH Wallet: 0x176F3DAb24a159341c0509bB36B833E7fdd0a132 TRX: TUgSgCQL6pMSy9zByn4sgxqrJa95sZExBG BTC: 14XKsv8tT6tt8P8mfDQZgNF8wtN5erNu5D
Statement from Binance CEO
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) soon on the subject in the statement found. CZ if funds are transferred to Binance intervention they will told:
Poloniex was hacked. I don’t know many details yet. We hope that the issue will be resolved soon and we are always ready to help in case any of the funds are transferred to our exchange. Stay safe!
Some of the altcoins affected by the hack attack suffered serious loss of value. According to CoinGecko data, ELON is one of the biggest decliners. 32% experiencing a decline 0.000000241407 from dollars $0.000000170218 landed. While there was no visible movement in other cryptocurrency projects, there were serious fluctuations on TRX.