Data leak [loss] $70M+

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2025-01-23 [vendor] Phemex
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $70.0M (70,000,000 USD)

Incident Details

The Singapore-based Phemex cryptocurrency exchange has acknowledged the compromise of some of the exchange’s hot wallets, which saw outflows of at least $37 million across multiple blockchains. Phemex wrote on Twitter that they were “look[ing] into” reports that their hot wallets had been compromised.

Total loss estimated at $70,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Phemex

Timeline

  1. 2025-01-23 Breach occurred
  2. 2025-01-23 Publicly disclosed