CoinDCX Loses $44.2M in Suspected Hack, Attacker Traced from Just 1 ETH

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CoinDCX, one of India’s biggest crypto exchanges, has reportedly lost around $44.2 million in a suspected hack about 17 hours ago. The attacker is said to have started with just 1 ETH from Tornado Cash and later moved some of the stolen funds from Solana to Ethereum.

Users note that CoinDCX has also taken down some trading pairs, canceled spot orders, and their Web3 wallet isn’t working either, leaving them with a lot of questions.

Hi everyone,

At @CoinDCX, we have always believed in being transparent with our community, hence I am sharing this with you directly.

Today, one of our internal operational accounts – used only for liquidity provisioning on a partner exchange – was compromised due to a… pic.twitter.com/L1kZhjKAxQ
— Sumit Gupta (CoinDCX) (@smtgpt) July 19, 2025

Sumit Gupta, the co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX, confirmed in a recent X post that the platform suffered a security breach affecting one of its internal operational accounts used for liquidity on a partner exchange. He assured users that no customer funds were impacted, and all user assets remain safe in cold wallets.

The issue was caused by a server compromise, but was quickly contained. He also shared that trading and INR withdrawals continue to function normally and the losses are being fully absorbed by CoinDCX’s own treasury.

Sumit said their team is working with cybersecurity experts to fix the issue, recover funds, and launch a bug bounty program to improve security. He promised to keep the community updated and stressed the importance of staying transparent during incidents like this.

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