Leaderboard
939All-time rank
B
Bitcoinica
Mar 1, 2012
$228K
Lost
$228K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$228K
Unrecovered0% recovered
Bitcoinica suffered its first major hack when attackers breached Linode web hosting and stole 43,000 BTC from the exchange. The compromise of the hosting provider gave attackers direct access to Bitcoinica's wallet infrastructure.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Frontend & Infrastructure
- Technique
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Mar 1, 2012Exploit executed — $228K drained via key leaked via infrastructure
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%