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Global Financial Service Disruptions
Grinex
crypto exchange · KG · Global · Grinex
Confirmed cyberStatus: unknownTier 1Severity 3 of 5Evidence confidence: highAnalyst-verified
Sanctioned Kyrgyzstan-registered exchange Grinex, seen as Garantex's successor, suspended all operations on 16 to 17 Apr 2026 after about 13.7M USD was drained, blaming Western intelligence.
- First disruption
- Apr 15 12:00 UTC
- First public signal
- Apr 16 (Grinex statement announcing suspension)
- Acknowledged
- Apr 16
- Restored
- not yet
- Duration
- not established
- DFX first recorded
- Nov 5 14:58 UTC
What was restricted
allScope: institution wide
All operations suspended; customer funds drained to external TRON and Ethereum wallets.
Financial impact: About 13.74M USD (some reports up to 15M USD).
Cause, kept in separate layers
- What the institution said
- Cyberattack attributed by Grinex to Western intelligence services
- DFX classification
- Confirmed cyber (cyber: confirmed)
- Analytical hypothesis (not established)
- Attribution to state actors is the exchange's claim and unverified; TRM Labs also found a second hack at related TokenSpot.
- Conflicting reports
- Suspension date 16 or 17 Apr; loss 13M to 15M USD.
Dependencies
A dependency is a documented relationship. It is not evidence that the provider was compromised.
- Downstream: A7A5 ruble stablecoin users: one outlet reported A7A5 ceasing with shutdown (plausible)
Evidence
- The Hacker News · 2026-04
- The Moscow Times · 2026-04-17
- Kyiv Independent · 2026-04
- Decrypt en Espanol · 2026-04 · es