Bank stabilo Kontigo mengalami serangan keamanan: telah membayar ganti rugi sebesar 340.000 dolar AS, kurang dari sebulan pendanaan tidak mencukupi dan terjadi kejadian tak terduga

【Block Beats】Kontigo, a Latin American stablecoin bank, just went through a tough battle. This startup, which entered the market this year with Y Combinator backing, discovered a critical security vulnerability over the weekend and responded remarkably fast — immediately patching it. Before January 6th, the company had completed full compensation to 1005 affected users, totaling 340,900 stablecoins — not a penny short.

What makes things even more painful is that CEO Jesus A. Castillo’s personal account didn’t escape either. The co-founder was candid on social media, calling it a direct attack against both company management and users. He also vowed that he has identified the attackers and they “can’t run.”

The timing is a bit awkward. Just on December 22nd, Kontigo announced the completion of a $20 million seed round led by FoundersX Ventures, originally planning to use the capital to accelerate product development and expand into emerging markets. Yet less than two weeks later, they’re hit with this disaster.

However, looking at the numbers, this company is indeed moving fast — established less than a year ago, it has already achieved $30 million annualized revenue, processed over $1 billion in payment volume, and 1 million+ active users. Even more impressive, a team of only 7 people is supporting this scale. That said, Kontigo previously made headlines due to “de-banking” issues with frozen bank accounts. Although Castillo denied it was a banking problem, blaming intermediary institutions, once a trust crisis emerges, it’s hard to completely eliminate.