Incident
incident:kucoin_hack
2020 cryptocurrency exchange theft involving Bitcoin, ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and other assets.
2020 cryptocurrency exchange theft involving Bitcoin, ERC-20 tokens, stablecoins, and other assets.
“some of it was in Bitcoin”
“Some ERC-20 tokens were taken, some stablecoins”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | KuCoin | Explicit | 119 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | ERC-20 | Explicit | 119 |
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Lazarus Group | Attributed | 119 |
KuCoin hack COMPROMISES KuCoin
Hackers gained access to KuCoin's wallets and removed multiple types of cryptocurrency assets.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Geoff White EP 119 Details
“once the hackers got in. Because once they get in, it’s not just one wallet they have access to. If they’ve got this kind of blanket backdoor access, they’ve got access to the entire safe and whatever’s in there, so they start pulling out this money”
KuCoin hack INVOLVES ERC-20
ERC-20 tokens were among the assets stolen in the KuCoin attack.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 119 Details
“Some ERC-20 tokens were taken”
KuCoin hack ATTRIBUTED_TO Lazarus Group
The episode says the KuCoin attack was firmly attributed to North Korea and matched prior North Korean crypto-heists.
Attributed Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 119 Details
“This one is firmly attributed to being North Korea”