Breaking: Hackers minted 1B DOT tokens on Ethereum, dumped them, CertiK says

Hackers minted 1 billion DOT tokens on the Ethereum mainnet and sold them into the market. Blockchain security firm CertiK said the incident stemmed mainly from a vulnerability in the Hyperbridge gateway, which enabled attackers to forge messages and take control of the administrator role for a Polkadot token contract on Ethereum. The attackers are estimated to have netted about $237,000.