<story><title>Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530M: NHK</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-cryptocurrency/tokyo-based-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacked-losing-530-million-nhk-idUSKBN1FF29C</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ReverseCold</author><text>Posting this as a top level comment as well (probably a better idea):&lt;p&gt;The coins stolen are XEM (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nem.io&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nem.io&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;) not Bitcoin. They&amp;#x27;re currently tracking the stolen coins to ensure they are not sold.&lt;p&gt;Preliminary evidence suggests that it was a private key stolen and not a network problem.&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Am somewhat associated with the team, and I hold a small amount of XEM.&lt;p&gt;Feel free to ask questions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>justboxing</author><text>Over 100 Million XRP ( Ripple ) worth 130 Million USD was also allegedly stolen.&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s the original tweet from Bloomberg Tech Reporter in Toyko, Yuji Nakamura. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ynakamura56&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;956790270036619265&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ynakamura56&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;956790270036619265&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tweet In English:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck halts withdrawals, deposits, trading in NEM. Rumors is a big chunk was moved from their wallet. Also seems &amp;gt;$130m of XRP moved out too. I called Coincheck, but they wouldn&amp;#x27;t answer questions and asked me to email them&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s the actual Ripple XRP Transaction that is moving the 101-ish Million XRP out of the Coincheck account. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;xrpcharts.ripple.com&amp;#x2F;#&amp;#x2F;transactions&amp;#x2F;FC32DBF1C0CE6780A669349FEDF7BD9EC18033EB79B3DC8F1ADBAE9B5EAD3EF8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;xrpcharts.ripple.com&amp;#x2F;#&amp;#x2F;transactions&amp;#x2F;FC32DBF1C0CE6780...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s a news page &amp;#x2F; story that is following this and updating it frequently. It mentions that XRP was also stolen in addition to NEM. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitpinas.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;coincheck-suspends-nem-trading-rumor-460m-xem-lost&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitpinas.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;coincheck-suspends-nem-trading-rum...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530M: NHK</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-cryptocurrency/tokyo-based-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacked-losing-530-million-nhk-idUSKBN1FF29C</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ReverseCold</author><text>Posting this as a top level comment as well (probably a better idea):&lt;p&gt;The coins stolen are XEM (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nem.io&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nem.io&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;) not Bitcoin. They&amp;#x27;re currently tracking the stolen coins to ensure they are not sold.&lt;p&gt;Preliminary evidence suggests that it was a private key stolen and not a network problem.&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Am somewhat associated with the team, and I hold a small amount of XEM.&lt;p&gt;Feel free to ask questions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>onewhonknocks</author><text>&amp;#x27;Am somewhat associated with the team&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;Can you please be more specific? It was almost not worth saying unless you&amp;#x27;ll be more specific IMHO.</text></comment>