LCX Loses USD 8M in a Hot Wallet Hack
Crypto exchange LCX fell victim to a hack over the weekend that drained it of nearly USD 8m worth of digital assets. The hacker managed to compromise one of the exchange's hot wallets over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain,...
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Crypto exchange LCX fell victim to a hack over the weekend that drained it of nearly USD 8m worth of digital assets.
The hacker managed to compromise one of the exchange's hot wallets over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, stealing high amounts of ETH, USD coin (USDC), EURe, and SAND Token....
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