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Bitpoint

Date (as written)
2019-07
Year
2019
Country
Japan
Tags (as written)
FinancialGain Cryptocurrency

Source entries (2)

lazarus.day

Bitpoint · 2019-07
Bitpoint halted services after detecting suspicious Ripple remittance activity and later determined that attackers had stolen cryptocurrency from both customer and company holdings across Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The Japan-based exchange incident was cited alongside other major cryptocurrency-exchange compromises, underscoring wallet-administration, remittance-monitoring, and custody-system response risks.
https://lazarus.day/incidents/bitpoint/

Mendeley Data: Collection of DPRK state-sponsored threat actors' activities v2 (Lyu, Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

Bitpoint · 2019-07
Reported: 2019-07; Victims: Bitpoint; Motivations: FinancialGain; Sectors: Cryptocurrency; Countries: Japan
https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/wwb2rzgfn7/2

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dollar figures: around 3.5 billion yen worth of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Ethereal, which translates into $32 million
The hackers managed to steal around 3.5 billion yen worth of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Ethereal, which translates into $32 million.
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hackers-steal-32-million-from-japanese-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitpoint

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