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
In the wee hours of December 19, Youbit was dealt a death blow in the form of another hack. The exchange, which was also hit in April, is closing down in the fallout of the most recent attack. As revealed on its website, they had been forced to terminate its services after suffering another hack. The hackers ran off with 17% of Youbit’s funds, enough to drive the exchange into bankruptcy. Attack method (per SlowMist): Unknown. Reported loss: -.
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- YOUBIT
- bug_class
- unknown
- date_occurred
- 2017-12-19
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:youbit::2017-12-19
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