Cybersecurity incident — 2017-10-16 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bithumb
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Local news publications and leading media outlets in South Korea reported that Bithumb, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, suffered a security breach that affected 30,000 users on the trading platform.