78 hack event(s)
Description of the event: According to Coindesk, a hacker has stolen more than 1,000 user data from crypto-tax service provider CryptoTrader.Tax and is currently trying to sell information on dark web forums.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Data leak
Description of the event: The Hong Kong police arrested three men on suspicion of defrauding nearly 230,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$30,000) from Bitcoin ATMs. This is the first such case in Hong Kong. These exchanges suspect that criminals have used the “loopholes” of ATMs to withdraw cash without official authorization.
Amount of loss: $ 30,000 Attack method: Scam
Description of the event: Tencent Security Threat Intelligence Center has detected a large number of attacks originating from overseas IP and some domestic IP against domestic cloud server tenants. The attacker blasted into the server through SSH (port 22), and then executed malicious commands to download the Muhstik botnet Trojan. The botnet will control the compromised server to perform SSH lateral movement, download the Monero mining Trojan, and accept remote commands to launch DDoS attacks.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Blasted into the server through SSH (port 22)
Description of the event: According to a tweet published by Jon Prosser on August 5, its YouTube channel with 262,000 subscribers was hacked, the channel name was changed to "NASA [news]", and a live broadcast about SpaceX CEO Elon Ma Skr gave false news of Bitcoin. In about two hours, the illegal profit was $4,000.
Amount of loss: $ 4,000 Attack method: Hacked account
Description of the event: CWT, the fifth largest travel company in the United States, agreed to pay $4.5 million worth of bitcoin to hackers who hijacked its computer systems.
Amount of loss: $ 4,500,000 Attack method: Blackmail
Description of the event: In the early hours of this morning, many celebrity politicians and some companies' Twitter accounts were attacked by hackers, and these Twitter accounts all published relevant digital currency phishing scam information. However, the phishing information was deleted a few minutes after it was posted. As of now, the scammers have received 12.86 bitcoins in total.
Amount of loss: 12.86 BTC Attack method: Hacked account
Description of the event: According to the announcement issued by the Federal Prosecutor's Office of New Jersey, the programmer Silviu Catalin Balaci admitted to participating in the establishment of the cryptocurrency mining organization BitClub Network, engaging in telecommunications fraud and selling unregistered securities. Balaci confirmed that during the five-year period of implementation of the plan, BitClub defrauded investors of at least $722 million in Bitcoins.
Amount of loss: $ 722,000,000 Attack method: Ponzi
Description of the event: In the recent referendum on constitutional reform, 1.14 million Russians voted through the blockchain platform, but their data has been made public on the Internet and can be accessed directly from state-owned servers. Election officials Shared a ZIP file containing id card information, passport Numbers and other passport information of people who voted on the blockchain platform, sources said. The ZIP file is stored on a government website. The files are free and can be downloaded by anyone at any given time. In addition, the files are password-protected, though the passwords are not very strong. Meanwhile, there are other problems with the blockchain voting platform, such as a loophole for partial repeat votes.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Data leak
Description of the event: About $2.13 billion worth of cash is missing from one of Wirecard's trust accounts, and the crypto debit card provider cannot as yet account for the money. In a statement, the crypto debit card provider blamed "spurious" cash balances provided by a third party with the aim of deceiving the auditor, which discovered the scandal during a routine audit. Wirecard said it is investigating the matter in close cooperation with the auditor. The amount missing equals 25% of the funds on the company's balance sheet.
Amount of loss: $ 2,130,000,000 Attack method: Scam
Description of the event: Malta-Based Trident Crypto Fund Compromised; Data of 266,000 Users Leaked.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Data leak
Description of the event: Josh Jones, founder of Bitcoin Builder and Mt.Gox's second largest creditor, has had $45 million worth of digital currency stolen.
Amount of loss: $45,000,000 Attack method: SIM card is hacked
Description of the event: WOTOKEN, involved in a cryptocurrency pyramid selling case involving more than 7.7 billion yuan, has opened court and completed the trail in public and at Binhai County People's Court in Yancheng City, in which six major defendants were tried separately for organizing and leading pyramid selling activity; covering up and concealing income; harboring.
Amount of loss: $ 1,109,800,000 Attack method: Ponzi
Description of the event: The cryptocurrency lending company YouHodler was affected by a data leak that contained information about users on its platform. Some of the data that was released to the market includes bank accounts, passport numbers, card numbers and many other things.
Amount of loss: - Attack method: Data leak
Description of the event: PlusToken collapsed. Currently, PlusToken wallets can only be transferred in and cannot be withdrawn. Some investors said that 35 hours after the withdrawal of the coin, the account has not yet arrived. It is suspected that the reason given by the PlusToken promotion team is that the recent Bitcoin network transactions are busy, and the time for confirmation of the account has become longer, so you need to wait patiently. The largest MLM project in the currency circle has since collapsed.
Amount of loss: 2,900,000,000 Attack method: Ponzi
Description of the event: The ZenCash encountered a 51% cyber attack or double-spend attack at around 8:26 PM on June 2nd (June 3rd 00:26 UTC). This attack resulted in the loss of Zen encrypted tokens worth approximately US $550,000. The ZenCash team responded immediately and implemented preventive mitigation measures, which greatly increased the difficulty of future cyber attacks.
Amount of loss: $ 550,000 Attack method: 51% attack
Description of the event: On May 18, a Reddit netizen posted that Monacoin suffered a 51% computing power attack, a selfish mining attack, and a time stamp attack. The exact time occurred from May 13 to May 15. Some exchanges that support Monacoin trading, such as Bittrex, Livecoin have closed Monacoin recharge.
Amount of loss: $ 90,000 Attack method: 51% attack
Description of the event: On June 18,2019, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it had initiated a civil enforcement action against a now-defunct cryptocurrency trading and investment company for misappropriating $147 million worth of Bitcoin. The Complaint charges the defendants—Control-Finance Limited and its principal, Benjamin Reynolds—with exploiting public enthusiasm for crypto assets by fraudulently obtaining and misappropriating at least 22,858.822 Bitcoin from more than 1,000 customers through a classic (HYIP) Ponzi scheme called the Control-Finance Affiliate Program.
Amount of loss: 22,858.822 BTC Attack method: Scam
Description of the event: Messari, a cryptocurrency research organization, announced on the 27th that Stellar's blockchain protocol had an inflation loophole in April 2017. An attacker used the loophole to create 2.25 million XLM (worth about 10 million US dollars). This bug was discovered by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) and patched after the accident.
Amount of loss: 10,000,000 Attack method: Inflation