South Korean karaoke blockchain platform Something lost access to 730 million SSX tokens worth $11.58 million due to a hack.
According to a blog post from Something, the hack occurred on January 27th. Of his stolen SSX tokens, he has 504 million unallocated tokens that were originally scheduled to be in circulation by the end of 2025, and 226 million of his SSX tokens are still unallocated. It was. Ownership of the Fund.
“As a result, as of the end of January 2024, 489 million SSX tokens were in excess circulation compared to the amount in circulation based on the original circulation supply plan.”
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The project team emphasized that this hacking incident did not involve any members of the Something team and was believed to have been carried out by professional hackers who specialize in hacking virtual assets.
The platform team investigated the incident with the involvement of the police. The Klaytn Foundation (Somesing runs on the organization's blockchain) and Interpol partner Uppsala Security are also helping karaoke platforms spot scammers. In response to this incident, a major Korean exchange suspended SSX deposits and withdrawals.
Last week, another project, GAMEE, became the victim of a hacker attack. On January 22nd, an unknown person accessed gaming platform (GMEE) token contracts and stole a total of $7 million. GMEE crashed by almost 50% during this news. Our investigation revealed that someone had hacked the GitLab service used to store and manage repositories. In this way, they managed to gain unauthorized access to his GMEE token contract.
