Leaderboard
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NiceHash
Dec 8, 2017
$64.0M
Lost
$64.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$64.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
On December 6-7, 2017, NiceHash's payment wallet was compromised after attackers obtained employee credentials via phishing. The attacker accessed the wallet and stole 4,700+ BTC (~$64M).
NiceHash eventually repaid all affected users by December 16, 2020.
- Target
- CEX
- Classification
- Frontend & Infrastructure
- Technique
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Bitcoin
Event timeline
- Dec 8, 2017Exploit executed — $64.0M drained via key leaked via infrastructure
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%