India
IND
Cyberattack on WazirX forces suspension of trading and withdrawals
On 18 July 2024, WazirX reported a cyberattack on a multisig wallet that stole more than USD 230 million in digital assets. The exchange then paused deposits and withdrawals for all users and paused trading; later it reversed trades made after the withdrawal stoppage while recovery proceeded.
86
Estimated severity
86 / 100
90
Source reliability
90 / 100
Approximate Date
18/07/2024
Targeted Company
WAZIRX
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
India
Affected countries
India
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$230M
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Finance & Insurance
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
wazirx.comhttps://wazirx.com/blog/important-update-cyber-attack-incident-and-measures-to-protect-your-assets/wazirx.comhttps://wazirx.com/blog/wazirx-cyber-attack-day-wise-report/wazirx.comhttps://wazirx.com/blog/preliminary-report-cyber-attack-on-wazirx-multisig-wallet/wazirx.comhttps://wazirx.com/blog/announcement/