Leaderboard
1266All-time rank
KuCoin
Apr 24, 2023
$23K
Lost
$23K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$23K
Unrecovered0% recovered
KuCoin's official X (Twitter) account was hijacked for approximately 45 minutes on April 24. Scammers used the compromised account to promote a fraudulent giveaway, tricking users into sending BTC and ETH to a fake address.
Users lost approximately $22,628 before KuCoin regained control and announced full reimbursement for verified losses.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Social Engineering
- Technique
- Social Account Takeover
- Attribution
- North Korea
- Chains
Event timeline
- Apr 24, 2023Exploit executed — $23K drained via social account takeover
- Attributed to North Korea
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%