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 Mixin Network suspended all deposits and withdrawals and will restart the services “once the vulnerabilities are confirmed and fixed.” 
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 Decentralized peer-to-peer network Mixin Network has lost approximately $200 million in a hack involving the compromise of the database of a third-party cloud service provider.
 On Sept. 25, Mixin Network confirmed that a hack on Sept. 23 drained approximately $200 million worth of crypto <a rel="dofollow" title="assets" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/assets.html">assets</a> from its <a rel="dofollow" title="mainnet" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mainnet.html">mainnet</a>. An immediate suspension of all deposit and withdrawal services on Mixin Network followed the revelation.
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 [Announcement] In the early morning of September 23, 2023 Hong Kong time, the database of Mixin Network's cloud service provider was attacked by hackers, resulting in the loss of some <a rel="dofollow" title="assets" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/assets.html">assets</a> on the <a rel="dofollow" title="mainnet" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mainnet.html">mainnet</a>. We have contacted Google and blockchain security company @SlowMist_Team…— Mixin Kernel (@MixinKernel) September 25, 2023
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 Mixin Network appointed blockchain investigator SlowMist, as well as Google, to help investigate the hack as the Mixin team attempts a recovery. At the time of the hack, Mixin held $94.48 million in Ether (ETH), $23.55 million in Dai (DAI) and $23.3 million in Bitcoin (BTC), according to a separate investigation conducted by PeckShield. The total portfolio amounted to $141.32 million.
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 Mixin Network portfolio of $141.32 million. Source: PeckShield
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 Deposits and withdrawals on Mixin Network will recommence “once the vulnerabilities are confirmed and fixed.” The plans to recover the lost <a rel="dofollow" title="assets" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/assets.html">assets</a> for users were not announced immediately.
 While it was initially promised that Mixin founder Feng Xiaodong would explain this incident in a public Mandarin live stream at 1:00 AM ET (1:00 PM HKT) on Sept 25, links to the live stream were not provided on official social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) or its official website mixin.network. 
 Mixin Network did not respond to Cointelegraph's request for comment at the time of writing.
 Related: Remitano exchange hacked for $2.7M; $1.4M frozen by Tether
 Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently suffered a hack that compromised his social media profile on X. 
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 Vitalik Buterin confirms how his X account was accessed by hackers. Source: Warpcast
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 Buterin confirmed that he fell victim to a SIM swap attack after “someone socially-engineered T-mobile itself to take over my phone number.” SIM swap or simjacking attacks aim to control the victim’s mobile number and use two-factor authentication (2FA) to access social media, bank, and crypto accounts.
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Mixin Network hack drains $200M from mainnet assets

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