Leaderboard
68All-time rank
Zaif
Sep 14, 2018
$60.0M
Lost
$60.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$60.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
Zaif cryptocurrency exchange suffered a hot wallet breach on September 14, 2018 when attackers gained access to private keys storing customer funds. 7 billion yen (~$60 million) were stolen from the exchange's operational wallets.
Discovery occurred three days after the theft.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Sep 14, 2018Exploit executed — $60.0M drained via hot wallet key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%