{"id":47921,"date":"2021-08-19T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47921"},"modified":"2025-09-01T23:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:44:40","slug":"liquid-bitcoin-exchange-hacked-for-80-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/liquid-bitcoin-exchange-hacked-for-80-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Bitcoin exchange hacked for $80 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid reported a breach of hot wallets. The hacker moved digital assets valued at over $80 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The following assets had been transferred to hacker\u2019s following addresses (Further investigation to come):<br \/>BTC: 1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7q<br \/>ETH\/EWT: 0x5578840aae68682a9779623fa9e8714802b59946<br \/>TRX: TSpcue3bDfZNTP1CutrRrDxRPeEvWhuXbp<br \/>XRP: rfapBqj7rUkGju7oHTwBwhEyXgwkEM4yby<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liquid Global Official (@Liquid_Global) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liquid_Global\/status\/1428176358996279297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The platform moves cryptocurrencies into cold storage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We are currently looking into the situation and will provide regular updates. In the meantime, deposits and withdrawals will be suspended,&#8221; wrote the Liquid team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The exchange did not disclose the total value of assets moved by the attacker, but published the addresses associated with them. On-chain data show that 107.3 BTC, nearly 11 million XRP, and about 9 million TRX were sent to them. The Ethereum wallet received 14,957 ETH and ERC-20 tokens totaling $24.8 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Address-1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7q-Blockchain-Explorer-Google-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"\u0411\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0443 Liquid \u0432\u0437\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 $80 \u043c\u043b\u043d\" class=\"wp-image-146173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Address-1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7q-Blockchain-Explorer-Google-Chrome.jpg 658w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Address-1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7q-Blockchain-Explorer-Google-Chrome-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchain.com\/btc\/address\/1Fx1bhbCwp5LU2gHxfRNiSHi1QSHwZLf7q\">Blockchain.com<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The total value of funds moved to the addresses exceeded $80 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are currently tracking the movement of assets and are working with other exchanges to freeze and recover the funds,&#8221; added the Liquid team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update:<br \/>We are currently tracing the movement of the assets and working with other exchanges to freeze and recover funds.<\/p>\n<p>Attacker deposited XRP via another exchange and withdrew BTC to these 2 addresses:<br \/>12PKkwoFkXp6JtN7roWRA2gSitE6nVDds4<br \/>1JW1tcBXp1vZ6KGEirFNSXb5RgZSaL63Av<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liquid Global Official (@Liquid_Global) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liquid_Global\/status\/1428248815723819012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2020, the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/liquid-a-bitcoin-exchange-reported-a-data-breach\">suffered a data breach<\/a> of user data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid reported a breach of hot wallets. 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