🚨 Sudden Security Incident! 1 Billion DOTs Were Abnormally Minted and Then Sold Off, Price Suddenly “Flashed Crashed”

A widely watched security incident has just occurred in the crypto market. On-chain monitoring shows that the DOT bridge asset contract on the Ethereum network appears to have been attacked. The attacker manipulated permissions to abnormally mint about 1 billion DOTs in a short period of time and quickly sold them off.
📉 As a result, market prices saw severe volatility:
The DOT price, which was originally around $1.22, was smashed to nearly zero in a short period; liquidity was instantly drained, and market sentiment rapidly heated up.
📊 The on-chain attack process roughly unfolded as follows:
1️⃣ First, the attacker tampered with admin control through a permission loophole
2️⃣ Contract control was transferred to a malicious address
3️⃣ Then, approximately 1 billion DOT tokens were abnormally minted
4️⃣ The newly added tokens were quickly concentrated and sold off in the market to cash out
It is especially important to note:
⚠️ The target of this attack was not Polkadot native chain assets
⚠️ The affected assets are the DOT bridge version assets on the Ethereum chain
That is to say, the Polkadot mainnet itself was not directly attacked, but the security of cross-chain assets has once again become a focus of market attention.
As of now, Polkadot’s official side has not yet released an official response, and the incident is still continuing to gain momentum.
📊 This matter has released two important signals to the market:
Negative impact:
❗ Cross-chain asset contract security issues are being magnified again
❗ Permission management loopholes may lead to extreme minting risk
❗ In the short term, it may affect the market’s trust in the related assets
Positive significance:
✅ Reminds the industry to strengthen smart contract permission management again
✅ Promotes security audits and technology upgrades for cross-chain bridges
✅ Improves investors’ awareness of on-chain risks
💡 My view
In the crypto industry, the biggest risk is often not price fluctuations, but vulnerabilities at the technical level.
Especially for cross-chain assets—because they involve multiple networks and contract logic—once the design of permission control is not solid, they can become targets of attacks.
So for investors, remember one principle:
📌 Prioritize the security of native assets
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