Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-11-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Upbit
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit informs customers that a cyberattack has led to the theft of $48.5 million in cryptocurrency (342,000 in Ethereum).