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KuCoin

$45.0M stolenTuesday, September 29, 2020 · 2127 days ago

Situation Summary

9/29/2020 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$45.0M drained from KuCoin on Ethereum.

TECHNIQUE: PRIVATE KEY COMPROMISED (UNKNOWN METHOD)

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