Incident
incident:coincheck_hack
2018 theft in which approximately 500 million NEM tokens were taken from Coincheck's hot wallet.
2018 theft in which approximately 500 million NEM tokens were taken from Coincheck's hot wallet.
“They emptied the whole thing. About 500 million Nem were in that hot wallet”
“this resulted in a theft of $500 million worth of crypto”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Coincheck | Explicit | 119 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | NEM | Explicit | 119 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Lazarus Group | Uncertain | 119 |
Coincheck hack COMPROMISES Coincheck
The Coincheck exchange was hacked and its NEM hot wallet was emptied.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 119 Details
“someone hacked into this exchange ... and found the Nem hot wallet. They emptied the whole thing”
Coincheck hack INVOLVES NEM
The stolen assets in the Coincheck incident included NEM tokens from the exchange's hot wallet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 119 Details
“About 500 million Nem were in that hot wallet”
Coincheck hack ASSOCIATED_WITH Lazarus Group
The episode presents the possible North Korean/Lazarus attribution of Coincheck as unresolved and supported only by limited indicators.
Uncertain Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 119 Details
“It is not clear to me and I don’t think it’s clear to investigators whether this was North Korean”