Detail Analysis
Date:
Status:
Count:
Contributor:
January 26, 2018
Verified
1
zerofriction.io
Loss Amount:
400,000,000
Recovered Amount:
-
Currency:
Dollars, NEM
KYC By:
Audit By:
None
None
Website:
No data
Twitter:
No data
Discord:
No data
Telegram:
No data
Medium:
No data
Github:
No data
Key Indicators
Platform:
Type:
Category:
Method:
Coincheck
Exchange
Assets
Poor Key Management
Extended Method:
Private key leak, hot wallet, Lazarus hacking group
Data Sources:
A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has claimed it lost more than $400 million in tokens following an alleged hack on its service. Unidentified assailants stole 523 million NEM coins (about $400 million) from the exchange's hot wallet. According to Coincheck, NEM coins are kept on a single-signature hot wallet instead of a more secure multi-signature wallet, and the stolen coins are confirmed to be Coincheck customers.
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