Philippines-based crypto exchange Coins.ph is rumored to be the latest victim of an exploit that has potentially led to the loss of 12.2 million XRP ($6 million) for the firm. However, a part of these funds seem to have already been recovered. 

Evidence Of The Alleged Exploit

According to a report by The Block, the hack on the crypto exchange occurred on October 17, with the media outlet citing a source familiar with the matter. Coins is yet to release an official statement as to whether or not the incident truly occurred.

However, on-chain data suggests that this exploit might have indeed occurred, as The Block noted. According to data on the blockchain explorer XRP scan, the crypto exchange experienced 13 outflows, with 999,999.999 XRP sent out from the exchange in each transaction to the same wallet, although the last batch seems not to have been processed.

Following that, a further 200,000.999999 XRP was sent out of the exchange. It is worth mentioning that all these transactions occurred in the space of 32 minutes as they all occurred simultaneously. The total of these transactions (the ones processed) sums up to over 12.2 million XRP. 

XRP market cap currently at $6.8 billion. Chart: TradingView.com

Upon receipt of these funds, the alleged hacker then proceeded to send them to various destinations, including Go to Source to See Full Article
Author: Scott Matherson

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