Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit

Gate

Hack or exploit on Apr 21, 2018 · Private Key Compromised

ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE

Lost

$235M

dollars at the time

Returned

none listed

as the sources state it

Rank

#25

among thefts by dollars lost

What happened

Gate.io lost ~$230M on April 21, 2018 when North Korean hackers compromised exchange private keys. Attacker drained ~10.8K BTC, ~219K ETH, ~100M DOGE and other tokens. Gate concealed the breach until ZachXBT revealed it in 2024.

Details

Date: Apr 21, 2018
Kind: Hack or exploit
Method: Private Key Compromised
How in: Keys, accounts and infrastructure
Target: Centralized exchange
Chains: not stated

Reported by

DefiLlama ↗

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Cite this page

SwanBluechip, "Gate hack, Apr 21, 2018: $235M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htcda954401d/ (data as of 2026-10-31).

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