Leaderboard
225All-time rank
Mt. Gox
Jun 19, 2011
$8.8M
Lost
$8.8M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$8.8M
Unrecovered0% recovered
Mt. Gox's auditor's computer was compromised, giving attackers access to the exchange's admin credentials.
01 BTC and used the access to drain customer accounts, transferring approximately 2,000 BTC while 650 more were purchased at the artificially low price.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Improper Access Control
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Jun 19, 2011Exploit executed — $8.8M drained via improper access control
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%