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Patricia

May 26, 2023

$2.0M
Lost
$2.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$2.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered

Nigerian crypto exchange Patricia suffered a security breach compromising Bitcoin and Naira assets, resulting in $2M in losses. Although the breach occurred in January 2022, it was only disclosed in May 2023.

Patricia committed to a 2-5 year repayment plan for affected users starting December 2024.

Target
CEX
Classification
Frontend & Infrastructure
Technique
Database Breach
Attribution
Unknown
Chains

Event timeline

  1. May 26, 2023
    Exploit executed — $2.0M drained via database breach
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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