HackCeFi2020
KuCoin Hot Wallet Hack
KuCoin disclosed a major hot-wallet compromise that triggered large coordinated asset freezes across projects.
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Key Facts
Peak metric$150M+ initially reported
OutcomeLarge portion of funds traced, frozen, or recovered
ChainCeFi
Year2020
Typehack
Tags
exchangesecuritycefi
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