174 hack event(s)
Description of the event: Some cybercriminals have been counterfeiting the BTC ERA trading platform in order to infect potential users with malware. The cybersecurity company discovered that the perpetrators had been sending emails allegedly from BTC ERA to induce users to invest and pay.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Phishing attack
Description of the event: KuCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange, warned of fraudulent websites using its brand to try to steal cryptocurrencies. The website provides false rewards to induce users to deposit digital assets.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Phishing attack
Description of the event: OKEx has confirmed that the latest 51% attack caused ETC losses of approximately $5.6 million. Out of concerns about the security of the ETC mainnet, it is considering removing ETC from the exchange. According to a report released by OKEx on Saturday, OKEx will repay all the ETC lost by users.
Amount of loss: $ 5,600,000 Attack method: 51% attack
Description of the event: Spanish cryptocurrency exchange 2gether has been maliciously hacked, affecting around 5,500 users who trade on the platform. According to a statement by Spanish police dated 22 February 2022, a team from the Ministry of Cybercrime has arrested five persons suspected of hacking. A 2gether employee was reportedly found guilty of stealing $7 million from the company. He downloaded a pirated movie that contained malware. The malware hacked into the exchange’s systems, allowing hackers to steal more than $7 million in BTC and ETH. Police found attackers using computer viruses such as Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to gain access to 2gether's internal network. Although the employee gave the hackers access to the company's network, the attackers spent about six months analyzing the exchange's activity before carrying out the theft.
Amount of loss: $ 7,000,000 Attack method: Trojan horse virus
Description of the event: Cashaa, a UK-based cryptocurrency exchange, said hackers stole 336 Bitcoins from a wallet on the exchange. The company has now stopped all transactions related to cryptocurrency.
Amount of loss: 336 BTC Attack method: Malicious Software
Description of the event: The new version of DeversiFi encountered a vulnerability in less than a week after it was launched. The official said that it would be fixed as soon as possible. The cause of this vulnerability was that a trader tried to submit an order larger than the limit, and the logic of why the system designed order limit is to avoid user's misoperation. After that, the system still repeatedly submitted the order, but it was continuously rejected by the system, which affected the processing of other orders.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: System design defect
Description of the event: The LMEX Stock Exchange's community issued a notice on the adjustment of exchange operations, stating that the platform was hacked and stolen and lost 150,000 USDT, which caused the platform to have a low debt. The deposit and withdrawal have been closed.
Amount of loss: 150,000 USDT Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: According to the official news from Youbi Exchange, Youbi has encountered heavy network-traffic DDoS attacks for three consecutive days since the platform coin subscription was launched on May 06, which caused the server to be inaccessible in a short time.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: DDoS Attack
Description of the event: -The official announcement of BitSG Exchange stated that its websites bitsg and app suffered from uninterrupted DDOS continues attacks, resulting in the inability to log in normally during certain periods.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: DDoS Attack
Description of the event: Hacker Exploits Flaw in Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Bisq to Steal $250K.
Amount of loss: $ 250,000 Attack method: Defects in the transaction agreement
Description of the event: VBITEX platform was hacked, resulting in malicious manipulation of platform data and theft of virtual assets.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Unknown
Description of the event: The FCoin exchange claimed that due to funding difficulties, the fund reserves could not be redeemed for user withdrawals, and the estimated amount of funds that could not be redeemed was between 7,000-13,000 BTC.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Scam
Description of the event: The Italian cryptocurrency exchange Altsbit was hacked. As of now, the value of stolen Bitcoin and Ether is about 70,000 U.S. dollars. The website stated that it will be closed after partial refund of client funds.
Amount of loss: $ 70,000 Attack method: Wallet Stolen
Description of the event: South Korean exchange Upbit 342,000 ETH worth about $50 million was stolen. The exchange’s alleged theft occurred while assets were being transferred between hot and cold storage wallets, leading some to speculate that the incident may have been an internal job rather than an external breach. On January 14, 2025, the United States, Japan, and South Korea mentioned in a joint statement that the Upbit theft was attributed to DPRK.
Amount of loss: 342,000 ETH Attack method: Wallet Stolen
Description of the event: Vietnamese cryptocurrency exchange VinDAX has been hacked, losing at least $500,000 in cryptocurrency.
Amount of loss: $ 500,000 Attack method: Wallet Stolen
Description of the event: BitMEX Compromises User Data in Email Gaffe.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Information Leakage
Description of the event: Coinhouse Suffers Phishing Attack, User Names and Emails Accessed.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Phishing attack
Description of the event: The cold wallet of the CoinTiger exchange was stolen, and the 400 million PTT of the Proton chain disappeared. According to the exchange announcement, they discovered that the cold wallet storing PTT was hacked during their regular cold wallet verification work recently, resulting in the theft of 401,981,748 PTT from the wallet.
Amount of loss: 401,981,748 PTT Attack method: Wallet Stolen
Description of the event: There is a vulnerability in Bitstamp, which can be used by attackers to view a large number of sensitive information such as user IDs and bank CARDS, seriously threatening the information security of users.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Information Leakage
Description of the event: According to QuickBit, the breach resulted in data of users such as names, emails, physical addresses and even card information was exposed. The exchange has said it has estimated about 2% user data was left unprotected. The exchange has claimed that although data was bare and accessible to anyone who had the knowledge on how to access it, none of the data has been affected or copied.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Information Leakage