Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Coinex
Hack or exploit on Sep 12, 2023 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
SOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$70M
sources: $55M to $70M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#83
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
CoinEx exchange suffered multi-chain attack on September 12, 2023 when attackers accessed hot wallet private keys, draining $31-54M across Ethereum, Tron, Polygon, and other chains.
Details
- Date
- Sep 12, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum, BNB Chain, Bitcoin, Tron, Kadena, Solana, Dagger, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Polygon, Stellar, Arbitrum
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Coinex hack, Sep 12, 2023: $70M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht720c84a002/ (data as of 2026-10-31).