Crypto exchange CoinSpot hot wallet was attacked, hackers made $2.4 million in profit

Cyvers Alerts on X platform stated that the hot wallet of Australian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSpot was attacked, and attackers gained about $2.4 million from two different CoinSpot hot wallets. The attackers exchanged some of the stolen ETH for 24 WBTC, then bridged the exchange to BTC, and exchanged 831 ETH for BTC through the THORChain bridge.

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