News

Cryptocurrency exchange Upbit robbed for $ 50 million

Share

The result of crypto assets suspended

Upbit, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has announced stealing nearly $ 50 million ether (ETH) cryptocurrency as a result of explicit security breaches.

Reportedly, about 34 342,000 ETH moved from the platform’s “hot purse” to an anonymous purse. Customer funds were not affected.

There are immediate steps taken to protect consumers. Specifically, the acceptance of all deposits and the return of crypto assets have suspended. At the same time, all the crypto assets transferred to a cold wallet. The exchange promises to immediately replace 342,000 ETH lost funds with its funds.

Details of how the theft took place were not disclosed. The exchange promised to resume work in two weeks.

As you know, in 2019, cryptocurrency theft increased significantly compared to the previous year. For the first nine months of the year, criminal damage in the area estimated at $ 4.4 billion. For comparison: the indicator for the whole of 2018 is $ 1.7 billion.

Upbit, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has announced stealing nearly $ 50 million ether (ETH) cryptocurrency as a result of explicit security breaches.

Reportedly, about 34 342,000 ETH moved from the platform’s “hot purse” to an anonymous purse. Customer funds were not affected.

Also Read:

This post was last modified on December 15, 2019 9:57 am

Published by
Haseeb
Tags: technology

Recent Posts

New OnePlus 8T case leak shows quad-cam design

The wait of users is near to over because of a few days left for…

4 years ago

Playstation 5 UI Start Up Leaked | Xbox Series X Boot Time fast

A short video has surfaced with an alleged PlayStation 5 loading screen and a user…

4 years ago

New iPad Air 4 Benchmarks Leaks shows Performance and multi-core workloads.

It is not wrong to say that the first leak of the A14 bionic benchmark…

4 years ago

Europe demands to ban undeletable apps on smartphones

The EU is currently studying a proposal to reform digital markets and data sharing methods.…

4 years ago

Leaker reveals the alleged prices of the iPhone 12 series

Only a few weeks left for the official announcement of the iPhone 12. The source…

4 years ago

Rumor: Apple is planning four iPhone 13 models, two of them with 120 Hz ProMotion displays, the iPhone SE 3 will not follow until 2022

A well-known analyst has already shared a lot of information about the iPhone models that…

4 years ago