Leaderboard
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VeChain
Dec 14, 2019
$6.5M
Lost
$6.5M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$6.5M
Unrecovered0% recovered
5M). Internal misconduct was suspected, with a trojan-infected machine containing keylogging software enabling attacker access to private keys.
The VeChain Foundation issued an emergency patch causing Authority Masternodes to vote and freeze the stolen funds. On December 30, the community voted to permanently destroy 727M of the frozen VET.
- Target
- Other
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Private Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
VeChain
Event timeline
- Dec 14, 2019Exploit executed — $6.5M drained via private key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%