Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
About $2.13 billion worth of cash is missing from one of Wirecard's trust accounts, and the crypto debit card provider cannot as yet account for the money. In a statement, the crypto debit card provider blamed "spurious" cash balances provided by a third party with the aim of deceiving the auditor, which discovered the scandal during a routine audit. Wirecard said it is investigating the matter in close cooperation with the auditor. The amount missing equals 25% of the funds on the company's balance sheet. Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: $ 2,130,000,000.
- chain
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- protocol
- Wirecard
- bug_class
- rug
- date_occurred
- 2020-06-19
- loss_usd
- $2,130,000,000
- source_id
- sm:wirecard::2020-06-19