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Yapizon
Apr 27, 2017
$4.8M
Lost
$4.8M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$4.8M
Unrecovered0% recovered
On April 22, 2017, Yapizon suffered an attack where hackers compromised four hot wallets and stole 3,816 BTC (~$5M), representing 37% of user funds. South Korean authorities later alleged the breach was perpetrated by North Korea.
Yapizon replaced lost balances with Fei tokens representing IOUs.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Apr 27, 2017Exploit executed — $4.8M drained via hot wallet key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%