Hack history / 2025 / Hack or exploit
BitoPro
Hack or exploit on May 8, 2025 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
IN REVIEWSOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$11.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#276
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
BitoPro exchange hot wallets compromised through malware deployment on a cloud operations team member via social engineering. Unauthorized withdrawals executed across multiple blockchains during a system update. Attackers attributed to North Korean Lazarus group based on attack patterns and methodology.
In review: sources disagree on the date.
Details
- Date
- May 8, 2025
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Polygon
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BitoPro hack, May 8, 2025: $11.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht8cf69d7b4d/ (data as of 2026-10-31).