todayTechCrunchSouth Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail has been hacked and more than $40 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen, according to reports.
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According to statistics, the trading volume of Coinrail Exchange ranks 90th in the world, and it is a relatively small exchange. But despite the relatively small scale, the value of the stolen cryptocurrencies involved is staggering.Specifically, the hackers stole $19.5 million worth of NPXS cryptocurrency from the "Pundi X" project (payment domain); $13.8 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from the "Aston X" project (decentralized document platform) ; $5.8 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from the "Dent" project (mobile data); in addition, they also stole $1.1 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Chinese "Tron" project.
(The above data is based on the statistics of the attacker’s wallet address)
It is understood that among the stolen cryptocurrency projects mentioned above, none of the companies that issued the cryptocurrency were hacked, and the stolen cryptocurrency belonged to Coinrail users. It is unclear how Coinrail will compensate its users, having previously refunded users after Japanese exchange Coincheck was hacked.
According to statistics, Pundi was the hardest hit, with about 3% of all cryptocurrencies stolen in this attack. According to the project, Pundi has frozen the stolen cryptocurrency and stopped trading NPXS coins on all exchanges to help with the post-attack investigation.
In terms of exchanges, Coinrail has taken its website server offline, and 70% of the assets in the exchange have been transferred to cold wallets, pending review by the security department.Relevant people believe that the hacking caused the valuation of Bitcoin to drop by more than 10%, making Bitcoin the biggest drop in two months. According to Coinrail, however, this theory appears to be unfounded. But what is certain is that hacking is another reminder that
There have also been frequent thefts on cryptocurrency exchanges before. Statistics show that Coincheck lost about $400 million this year, Tether claimed a loss of $31 million in November last year, and EtherDelta suspended trading services in December last year. In the 2014 Mt. Gox hack, the exchange lost a total of 74,408 bitcoins. Those cryptocurrencies were worth about $350 million at the time, and they are worth about $5.3 billion today.
Remind everyone again,After purchasing cryptocurrency, do not store it on an exchange, but in a private wallet.
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