WazirX seeks to recover stolen crypto

TNN / Jul 20, 2024, 04:06 IST

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Mumbai: After a hacking incident that resulted in a loss of about $235 million worth of crypto assets, WazirX, the leading crypto currency exchange in India, said that it was in touch with several exchanges globally to block the stolen coins and recover them. Additionally, it has informed govt agencies Financial Intelligence Unit and CERT-In, and has also filed a police complaint, it said.
On Thursday, it said that it had suffered a hacker attack that had stolen crypto assets from several of its users’ wallets.Elliptic, a global crypto currency analytics and compliance firm, said that North Korean hackers were behind the attack on WazirX.
In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), WazirX said that since Feb 2023, all its operations were through Liminal’s digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure.

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