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【South Korean exchange platform Prabang attacked, losses of approximately 100000000 Korean won】

According to Yonhap News, South Korean Coin Market virtual asset exchange platform Prabang suffered asset losses of approximately 100000000 Korean won due to a hacker attack. It has announced a temporary service suspension and said it will fully compensate the affected funds with the company’s own assets. According to industry sources, Prabang October 24 discovered abnormal transfers from its hot wallet, immediately initiated an emergency response, and conducted a comprehensive investigation, during which it found a security vulnerability.October 26 After confirming external unauthorized access, the platform reported the incident to the relevant authorities and continued investigating the cause and scale of the losses. Yonhap News said that a series of hacker-related incidents have recently occurred in the financial and virtual asset industries, and that this is the first confirmed case involving asset losses. The report stated that this incident appears to be different from the Prabang-related incident mentioned in the October 14 financial authorities’AI hacker intrusion inspection results. Separately,October 27 Bithumb suffered a hacker attack targeting its internal systems, resulting in the leakage of employees’ personal information. On the same day, some Korean won exchanges also faced intrusion attempts targeting personal information and assets.