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Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain): Just In: Hackers minted 1 billion DOT tokens on the Ethereum mainnet and then sold them off.

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Just In: Hackers minted 1 billion DOT tokens on the Ethereum mainnet and then sold them off. 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 contract on Ethereum, profiting approximately $237k.

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