2 entries tagged “private-keys”.
About $196M was stolen from the BitMart exchange in December 2021 after attackers obtained a private key controlling two hot wallets (~$100M on Ethereum, ~$96M on BNB Chain). Funds were laundered via 1inch and Tornado Cash; BitMart reimbursed affected users.
A blockchain-gaming ecosystem on Polygon whose semi-custodial wallets were drained of about $140M on December 13, 2021. Attackers compromised Vulcan Forged's servers to obtain its wallet-provider (Venly) credentials and export 96 users' private keys; the team reimbursed users from its treasury.
