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Mintpal
Jul 13, 2014
$2.0M
Lost
$2.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$2.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
Mintpal's exchange was compromised and attackers gained control of internal features that allowed them to withdraw 8 million VeriCoin (30% of circulating supply at the time). VeriCoin developers executed a soft fork to roll back the blockchain, returning the stolen tokens to the exchange.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Improper Access Control
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Jul 13, 2014Exploit executed — $2.0M drained via improper access control
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%