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Bitstamp

Jan 5, 2015

$5.2M
Lost
$5.2M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$5.2M
Unrecovered0% recovered

Six Bitstamp employees were targeted in a sophisticated weeks-long phishing campaign starting in November 2014. The attacker sent social engineering emails to the CTO and system administrator, culminating in malware installation that gave the attacker access to the exchange's hot wallet infrastructure.

Target
CEX
Classification
Social Engineering
Technique
Phishing
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Bitcoin

Event timeline

  1. Jan 5, 2015
    Exploit executed — $5.2M drained via phishing
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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