South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX has suspended trading, deposits and standard withdrawals after receiving a hacking threat, prompting the company to move customer assets into offline wallets as a precaution.
Summary
- GOPAX suspended cryptocurrency trading, deposits and standard withdrawals after receiving an email threatening a cyberattack.
- The exchange said no hacking attempt or cryptocurrency theft had been detected when services stopped.
- Customers can still request withdrawals through support, but manual verification may delay processing of funds.
- GOPAX held 80.54% of customer crypto assets offline in September, slightly above South Korea’s minimum.