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US Government Crypto Wallet
Oct 24, 2024
$20.0M
Lost
$20.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$20.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
A dormant US government wallet holding $20M from 2016 Bitfinex seizures had its private key compromised on October 24, 2024. 3M was recovered within 24 hours; ~$700K went to instant exchanges.
- Target
- Other
- Classification
- Key Compromise
- Technique
- Private Key Compromised
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- Oct 24, 2024Exploit executed — $20.0M drained via private key compromised
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%