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Livecoin

Dec 24, 2020

$3.3M
Lost
$3.3M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$3.3M
Unrecovered0% recovered

Attacker gained control of Livecoin's backend servers and nodes via compromised credentials. Once in control, hackers manipulated exchange rates to absurd levels (Bitcoin to $450K, ETH to $15K) and drained multiple assets from hot wallets.

The exchange shut down permanently and never recovered.

Target
CEX
Classification
Frontend & Infrastructure
Technique
API Key Compromised
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Multiple

Event timeline

  1. Dec 24, 2020
    Exploit executed — $3.3M drained via api key compromised
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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