Taiwan's BitoPro exchange hacked, about $11.5 million stolen
Taiwanese crypto exchange BitoPro confirmed that it was hacked in May 2025 and that assets worth about $11.5 million were stolen. The investigation found that the intrusion came through social engineering targeting a cloud operations staff member and the installation of malware, and the exchange named the North Korean hacking group Lazarus as the attacker.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- BitoPro
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About $11.5 million in crypto assets
- Cause / method
- Social engineering targeting a cloud operations staff member and installation of malware
- Location
- Taiwan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCrypto assets
- Check login and withdrawal history in your exchange app, and turn on withdrawal address whitelisting and withdrawal delays.
Timeline
- Allegations emerged that BitoPro had suffered a hack worth about $11 million in May.
- BitoPro confirmed a hack worth about $11.5 million.
- BitoPro identified the intrusion path via social engineering and malware installation and named North Korea's Lazarus as the attacker.
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