Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Liquid Global
Hack or exploit on Aug 19, 2021 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$91.3M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#65
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On August 19, 2021, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global's warm wallets were compromised, resulting in the theft of approximately $91-97 million in various cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, TRX, and XRP. The attack leveraged data from a prior November 2020 breach to compromise the MPC wallet system.
Details
- Date
- Aug 19, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Liquid Global hack, Aug 19, 2021: $91.3M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf0eeb4ddf8/ (data as of 2026-10-31).