### [2018-01-26](/feed/2018/01/26/index.md)

##### Cryptocurrency and security
# Hackers steal $535 million worth of the NEM cryptocurrency from Japanese exchange Coincheck. 

Coincheck says it lost about 523 million of the cryptocurrency exchange's NEM coins, according to a Google translation of a Japanese transcript from Logmi.


### Sources:

1. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/26/japanese-cryptocurrency-exchange-loses-more-than-500-million-to-hackers.html) [Image](https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/104970800-GettyImages-511195524.jpg?v=1532563694)