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KuCoin

$281.0M stolenTuesday, September 29, 2020 · 2172 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-09-10

Other recorded incidents at KuCoin

DefiLlama records 2 separate incidents under this name.

KuCoin — 2023
Unknown$23K

Situation Summary

9/29/2020 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$281.0M drained from KuCoin on Ethereum.

TECHNIQUE: HOT WALLET KEY COMPROMISED

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Source: DefiLlama · 1262 recorded incidents · data as of 2026-09-10 05:04 UTC