{"id":164694,"date":"2024-06-19T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/?p=164694"},"modified":"2024-06-19T21:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:49:29","slug":"kraken-zero-day-cyber-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/164694\/hacking\/kraken-zero-day-cyber-theft.html","title":{"rendered":"Alleged researchers stole $3 million from Kraken exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alleged researchers have exploited a zero-day in Kraken crypto exchange to steal $3 million worth of cryptocurrency.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kraken Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco revealed that alleged security researchers exploited a zero-day flaw to steal $3 million worth of cryptocurrency. The researchers are refusing to return the stolen funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kraken Security Update:

On June 9 2024, we received a Bug Bounty program alert from a security researcher. No specifics were initially disclosed, but their email claimed to find an \u201cextremely critical\u201d bug that allowed them to artificially inflate their balance on our platform.<\/p>— Nick Percoco (@c7five) June 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>