OKX DEX, the decentralized exchange and cross-chain bridge platform of the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKX, was cyber-attacked.
OKX’s decentralized platform OKX DEX, 13 December was at the center of a cyber attack that took place on Chinese blockchain reporter Coin Wu shortly after the attack shared In his post, hackers More than 430 thousand dollars He stated that he seized the cryptocurrency.
According to the details provided, the attack occurred as follows:0xFacf3It was caused by the leakage of the private key of the proxy address named “. As a result of this leak 18 different wallets were affected by the attack. OKX disabled the hacked proxy address shortly after the events. made by the stock exchange in the statementWhile it was stated that all user funds affected by the attack would be compensated, the stolen amount Not 430 thousand dollars but 370 thousand dollars It was emphasized that:
Affected contracts have been disabled and all user assets have been verified to be safe. All affected users lost approximately $370,000 and the platform will compensate them as soon as the statistics are completed. At the same time, legal proceedings will be initiated to compensate for the relevant damages.
On-chain security firm to Slowmist According to the information obtained by the attackers, this proxy account was used by the attacker to access the DEX. upgrade the proxy contract to a malicious version and enabled it to directly drain user funds. The proxy administrator continued to steal cryptocurrency by continuing to upgrade the contract after the initial theft.