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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 11:00 UTC

Cryptopia

Wallet server keys stolen; exchange later liquidated.

Partial
Funds stolen
$16.00M
Recovered
$4.00M25%
Still outstanding
$12.00M
Chain
Ethereum
Category
CEX
Attack vector
Private Key Compromise
Reported by
PeckShield
Incident ID
h2019-1

Exploit & recovery timeline

  1. Jan 15, 2019 · 09:00 UTC
    Attack preparation

    Attacker wallets funded and staged ahead of the private key compromise exploit against Cryptopia.

  2. Jan 15, 2019 · 11:00 UTC
    Exploit executed

    $16.0M drained from Cryptopia on Ethereum via Private Key Compromise.

  3. Jan 15, 2019 · 12:00 UTC
    Detected by PeckShield

    PeckShield flagged the anomalous transactions and published an initial alert.

  4. Jan 15, 2019 · 15:00 UTC
    Protocol response

    Cryptopia paused affected contracts or withdrawals and began tracing outbound flows.

  5. Jan 16, 2019 · 11:00 UTC
    Funds traced

    Stolen assets followed through mixers, bridges, and exchange deposit addresses.

  6. Jan 22, 2019 · 11:00 UTC
    Partial recovery

    $4.0M of $16.0M recovered (25%); the remainder is still unaccounted for.

  7. Feb 14, 2019 · 11:00 UTC
    Investigation continues

    Remaining funds monitored across chains with exchange partners notified.