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Millions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Tokens Hacked From KuCoin Will Be “Covered”

Altcoins 2020/09/26 05:17 by Nick Chong

On Friday afternoon, a number of Twitter users began to notice large withdrawals of Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens from Kucoin’s designated addresses. In the span of about thirty minutes, about $150m worth of ETH  tokens left the wallets marked “Kucoin” and “Kucoin 2” on Etherscan.

As the coins that were withdrawn were basically all the capital that was in these addresses, many were quick to assert that it was a hack. But for hours, there was silence on Kucoin’s end, with the exchange’s moderators sharing little information about what had transpired.

A few hours after these suspicious withdrawals, admins of Kucoin’s social media channels asserted that users’ deposits were safe.

While this is true in that users will be compensated, Kucoin just confirmed that the withdrawals were made by a malicious actor as opposed to the company.

Users Affected by KuCoin Hack of Millions in Bitcoin, Ethereum & ERC-20 Tokens Will Be Compensated

Just minutes ago, approximately seven hours after the Ethereum withdrawals, Kucoin revealed that it had undergone a “security iandncident.”

The company’s internal security auditing team found that “part of Bitcoin, ERC-20, and other tokens in KuCoin’s hot wallets were transferred out of the exchange.” The funds that were withdrawn from the exchange comprised a “few parts of our total assets holdings.”

No clarifications were given to the exact specifics of the cryptocurrency stolen, but independent analyses that over $10 million worth of Bitcoin was taken from Kucoin-owned addresses. The $150 million worth of Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens — most of which are in Alchemy, Tether’s USDT, Ampleforth, and Ocean Token — withdrawn seems to be related to the attack. It cannot be properly ascertained of this is the case, though, at least not until a follow-up report from Kucoin.

The funds stolen from Kucoin’s addresses were funds stored in the exchange’s hot wallets as opposed to its cold wallets, which remain “safe and unharmed.”

All users affected by the incident will be compensated by Kucoin and the firm’s insurance fund:

“We are locating the reason for the incident, and will keep you updated once it is confirmed. Please rest assured that if any user fund is affected by this incident, it will be covered completely by KuCoin and our insurance fund.

Kucoin Shares (KCS), the exchange’s Ethereum-based token, is down 11.2% on the news of the hack. It was relatively stable prior to this latest news.

The Power of DeFi

While the ramifications of the hack are still pending, analysts have been quick to say that this accentuates DeFi’s value proposition.

With decentralized exchanges like Uniswap, users always have custody of their own funds, disallowing such large-scale hacks from taking place.

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$150m of Ethereum & ERC-20 Tokens Hacked From KuCoin Will Be "Covered"

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