Leaderboard
398All-time rank
C
Coinsecure
Apr 12, 2018
$3.3M
Lost
$3.3M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$3.3M
Unrecovered0% recovered
In April 2018, Coinsecure's chief security officer Dr. Amitabh Saxena exposed the exchange's private keys while attempting to distribute Bitcoin Gold to customers.
3M). Saxena was arrested as a prime suspect.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Private Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Apr 12, 2018Exploit executed — $3.3M drained via private key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%