Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-06-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bithumb
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The largest bitcoin and ether exchange in South Korea by volume, Bithumb, is hacked. The losses could be in the billions of won.