Poloniex hot wallet hack: about $114 million believed stolen
The hot wallet of cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex was hacked. On-chain data suggests that about $114 million was stolen, and the response has not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Poloniex
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Estimated theft of about $114 million in crypto assets
- Cause / method
- Hot wallet hack
- Location
- Seychelles
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
- The Poloniex hot wallet hack and an estimated theft of about $114 million based on on-chain data were reported.
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