Bithumb#3

Date (as written): 2018-06
Year: 2018
Country: Korea, Republic of
Actors (as written): Bluenoroff
Actor pages: Bluenoroff
Tags (as written): FinancialGain Cryptocurrency
Dollar figures (as written): $31.5 million; $31 million; $31,500,000; 31.5m; approximately $30 million; $30 million; -; $32 mln; $32

Source entries (10)

lazarus.day

Bithumb#3 · 2018-06

Bithumb disclosed a June 2018 cryptocurrency theft initially estimated at about 35 billion KRW, with the exchange covering losses from company reserves while moving customer assets to cold wallets and suspending cryptocurrency and KRW withdrawals during containment. Follow-up reporting said recovery work was reducing the stolen amount and that Bithumb was replacing wallet systems, strengthening security with outside specialists, and cooperating with KISA, police, AhnLab, and other investigators, while linked trend reporting frames the case among major financial and cryptocurrency thefts with many such incidents remaining unattributed.

https://lazarus.day/incidents/bithumb3/

EuRepoC

Bithumb Hack · 01.06.2018

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb says that 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins have been stolen by the NorthKorean APT Lazarus.

https://theblockchainland.com/2018/06/28/a-cybercrime-group-lazarus-is-likely-behind-the-30mln-bithumb-hack/

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/10/19/cryptocurrency-attack-report/

https://btcmanager.com/571-million-in-damages-north-korean-hacking-group-lazarus-behind-high-profile-cryptocurrency-hacks/?q=/571-million-in-damages-north-korean-hacking-group-lazarus-behind-high-profile-cryptocurrency-hacks/

https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240813A03MNH00

Dyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2

Bithumb_C · 6/1/2018

The panel said South Koreas Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, was reportedly attacked at least four times. a June 2018 attack led to a $31 million

https://apnews.com/article/ece1c6b122224bd9ac5e4cbd0c1e1d80

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bithumb-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacked-a-third-time-in-two-years/

https://www.coindesk.com/bithumb-exchanges-31-million-hack-know-dont-know

Dyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2

BitHumb Crypto Heist #3 · 6/19/2018

On June 19, 2018, approximately $31 million in virtual currency was stolen from BitHumb, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, marking the third theft in the last 16 months. In August 2019, the UN Security Council Panel of Experts indicated DPRK-affiliated actors were behind the theft. Proceeds were laundered through a separate crypto-currency exchange called YoBit. ZDNet does not include this event in its account of BitHumb attacks. Incident dates inconsistent across media reports.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bithumb-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacked-a-third-time-in-two-years/

tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research

Bithumb · 2018-06-??

Amt Stolen: $31,500,000

https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/hacks-and-thefts/bithumb.md

UN Panel of Experts S/2019/691

Third attack on Bithumb. Bithumb announced in a since deleted tweet that hackers stole approximately $31 · June 2018

Annex 21: Suspected DPRK cyber-attacks on financial institutions (including banks and cryptocurrency exchanges) investigated by the Panel. B. Cryptocurrency. Third attack on Bithumb. Bithumb announced in a since deleted tweet that hackers stole approximately $31 million. Proceeds were laundered through a separate crypto-currency exchange called YoBit.

https://undocs.org/S/2019/691

UN Panel of Experts S/2024/215

Bithumb · June 2018

Annex 95: Suspected DPRK cyberattacks on cryptocurrency-related companies (2017-2023) investigated by the Panel. Table 2018: Victim: Bithumb; Date: June; Amount (USD equivalent): 31.5m; Location: ROK

https://undocs.org/S/2024/215

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

Bithumb#3 · 2018-06

Reported: 2018-06; Victims: Bithumb#3; Motivations: FinancialGain; Sectors: Cryptocurrency; Countries: Korea, Republic of

https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/wwb2rzgfn7/2

Elliptic blog: Elliptic software follows the money from the Bithumb hack

Bithumb exchange hack · Oct 3, 2018

The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb recently suffered a hack that resulted in the loss of approximately $30 million in a variety of cryptoassets. The theft has recently been linked to Lazarus, a North Korea-linked hacker group

https://www.elliptic.co/insights/following-money-from-bithumb-hack/

UN Panel of Experts S/2019/171

Bithumb · Jun 2018

Annex 39: Open source report on attacks on Crypto Exchanges, January 2017-September 2018 (image of Group-IB table “Successful attacks on crypto exchanges 2017-2018”, source www.group-ib.com/media/gib-crypto-summary/). Row: Date: Jun 2018; Name of Project: Bithumb; Country: South Korea; Criminal group: Lazarus; Stolen in cryptocurrency: -; Stolen in USD: $32 mln. (Rows in the same table with Criminal group “Unknown” are not taken.)

https://undocs.org/S/2019/171

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