Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-01-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cryptopia
Affected country: New Zealand
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Cryptopia currency exchange pulls its website and services offline, citing a "security breach" resulting in "significant losses." Apparently the equivalent of $1.2 million is transferred to an unknown address.