Hackers steal more than 80 million euros from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange – franceinfo

The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was on Friday August 20 to recover more than 80 million euros in stolen assets. The Tokyo-based company said in a Thursday communicated (in English) that she had “detected unauthorized access to some of the cryptocurrency wallets” which she is responsible for managing.

According to Elliptic, a London-based company that helps track down stolen cryptocurrencies, “just over $ 97 million [83 millions d’euros] in cryptocurrencies were received on accounts identified by Liquid as belonging to the thief “. “Our investigators are helping Liquid track stolen funds”Elliptic added in a blog post.

The Liquid platform specified on Twitter (English content) have suspended cryptocurrency withdrawals while assessing the impact of the attack. Discussions nevertheless continue during this time. The company clarified that an amount in ethereum, equivalent to $ 16.3 million (around 14 million euros), had already been frozen. “thanks to the help of the crypto community and other exchanges”.

The attack comes just a week after a hacker stole $ 600 million in cryptocurrency from the Poly Network platform, before gradually returning the money, claiming he carried out the theft to highlight a security breach.