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Coincheck’s NEM theft was an exchange wallet, not a broken ledger

Then the largest exchange theft by dollar print. A Tokyo shop that was still only “deemed” registered kept customer NEM online. Custody vs the chain is the whole story.EasyCryptoGuides · 26 Jan 2018, 14:00 UTC · 1 min read

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Trezor’s shipping partner leaked customer details. The device is not the leak.

ShipMonk told Trezor it had unauthorised access to order data. About 13,700 recent buyers were exposed. Hardware wallets and keys were not.EasyCryptoGuides · 13 Aug 2026, 15:00 UTC · 2 min read

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Coinbase’s contractor breach is an insider story, not a chain failure

In a 14 May 2025 filing, Coinbase said overseas support contractors stole account data and that it would not pay a $20 million ransom. Keys in cold storage were not the headline. Names were.EasyCryptoGuides · 14 May 2025, 21:00 UTC · 2 min read

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The Bybit theft was a company wallet. The chain did what signatures do.

Bybit lost a record sum from a wallet its signers controlled. Later attribution pointed at North Korea. A 2026 lawsuit tries to freeze what can still be reached.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 Feb 2025, 18:00 UTC · 2 min read