Leaderboard
896All-time rank
7
796
Jan 27, 2015
$270K
Lost
$270K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$270K
Unrecovered0% recovered
The 796 exchange suffered from a vulnerability in its withdrawal system that allowed attackers to modify withdrawal addresses. A hacker exploited this by submitting a withdrawal with a modified address that the exchange staff failed to notice, routing 1,000 BTC to the attacker instead of the legitimate customer.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Improper Access Control
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Jan 27, 2015Exploit executed — $270K drained via improper access control
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%