WazirX suffers approximately $230 million theft
Indian exchange WazirX reports a cyberattack on an Ethereum multisig wallet that removes more than $230 million in digital assets and disrupts the platform.
On July 18, 2024, WazirX suffers approximately $230 million theft. Indian exchange WazirX reports a cyberattack on an Ethereum multisig wallet that removes more than $230 million in digital assets and disrupts the platform.
WazirX said the attack hit an Ethereum multisig wallet and caused losses exceeding $230 million. Bitcoin itself was not the primary stolen asset, but the incident materially affected a major exchange serving Bitcoin users in India.
The event preserves a concrete part of Bitcoin's security history and the operational assumptions users, wallet developers, exchanges or node operators had to manage at the time.