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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe attacker reportedly minted 1 million DOT tokens on Ethereum.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Polkadot\u2019s native token plunged by over 7% in minutes after reports emerged that a hacker minted a billion tokens on the Ethereum mainnet and sold them off.<\/p>\n
The asset traded at $1.24 before it plunged immediately to $1.15, but managed to recover some ground and now trades around $1.20.<\/p>\n
Arkham reported<\/a> that an unknown attacker minted one billion DOT on Ethereum and sold them straight into the liquidity pool. Thus, they removed over $240,000 in ETH across multiple transactions.<\/p>\n Lookonchain confirmed<\/a> the exploit and the attacker\u2019s profit, which was $237,000 (108.2 ETH).<\/p>\n Wu Blockchain cited data from Certik, which blamed the attack on a vulnerability in the Hyperbridge gateway, which allowed the bad actors to forge messages and manipulate the administrator of a Polkadot token contract on Ethereum.<\/p>\n Just In: Hackers minted 1 billion DOT tokens on the Ethereum mainnet and then sold them off.<\/p>\n According to Certik, the attack was primarily due to a Hyperbridge gateway vulnerability, which allowed attackers to forge messages and manipulate the administrator of a Polkadot token\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2H9w9HqQBg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Disclaimer: CryptoPotato has received a grant from the Polkadot Foundation to produce content about the Polkadot ecosystem. While the Foundation supports our coverage, we maintain full editorial independence and control over the content we publish.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n
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