Leaderboard
78All-time rank
Upbit
Nov 27, 2019
$49.3M
Lost
$49.3M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$49.3M
Unrecovered0% recovered
3M). The South Korean exchange immediately froze all deposits and withdrawals and transferred remaining hot wallet funds to cold storage.
Upbit announced it would cover the loss from its own funds. Lazarus/Andariel hacking groups were later attributed responsibility by authorities.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- Attribution
- North Korea
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- Nov 27, 2019Exploit executed — $49.3M drained via hot wallet key compromised
- Attributed to North Korea
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%