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LocalBitcoins

Jan 26, 2019

$27K
Lost
$27K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$27K
Unrecovered0% recovered

A third-party discussion forum platform running on LocalBitcoins was compromised and used to phish user credentials including 2FA codes. 9 BTC before the forum was disabled.

Target
CEX
Classification
Frontend & Infrastructure
Technique
Key Leaked via Infrastructure
Attribution
Unknown
Chains
Bitcoin

Event timeline

  1. Jan 26, 2019
    Exploit executed — $27K drained via key leaked via infrastructure
  2. Attributed to Unknown
  3. Recovery status Unrecovered 0%

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