MapleChange

Unknown

Estimated loss

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VERDICT —UNRATED

Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.

▰ METHOD

Undisclosed

Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

MapleChange, based in Canada, announced on Twitter the exchange "sustained a hack" and was investigating the issue. The post also said the exchange had turned off users' accounts temporarily. About refunding its customers, it opened a Discord server (a platform for users to chat) so customers could post there about their missing funds, based on which it would initiate refunds. The exchange's website was down. Attack method (per SlowMist): Unknown. Reported loss: 913 BTC.

Primary source

https://www.ibtimes.com/cryptocurrency-exchange-maplechange-hacked-exit-scam-allegations-surface-2728232 ↗

Sourced from

slowmist

Technical record