Hackers steal US$97 million from Japanese crypto exchange


Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is scrambling to recover stolen assets worth nearly US$100 million, in the second such major heist by hackers in recent days. – EPA pic, August 20, 2021.

JAPANESE cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was scrambling today to recover stolen assets worth nearly US$100 million (RM423.9 million), in the second such major heist by hackers in recent days.

The Tokyo-based company said in a statement yesterday it had “detected unauthorised access of some of the crypto wallets managed at Liquid.”


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