Hacked Exchanges since 2011

[BitHodler]

Has Coinbase seriously never been hacked?
Seems legit

Never ever.

I wonder how it would be received if they were. I can't imagine their big willy investors would be too impressed if it ever did happen let alone their 'institutional' customers.

How do you know? Coinbase has so many coins, that a minor loss of funds due to a hack wouldn't even be missed with how the far majority of the people use them as long term storage because they assume it's safe and 'insured'.

The very fact that their shareholders and customers wouldn't be impressed if something like that ever happened, makes it way more likely to have Coinbase not publicly share that they have been hacked and coins were lost.

The only way for anyone to notice that they don't have enough coins to have every user/customer withdraw, is to have everyone withdraw at the same time, which won't ever happen so they are safe basically for ever.

[VB1001]

The most important proof of keys 🔑 rumors of the exchanges 03/Jan/2019:

All the same day.

Bitfinex
We are aware of some issues on our platform and are working quickly to resolve. Please be assured all funds are safe. We appreciate your patience.
https://twitter.com/bitfinex/status/1080868500338561024

Coinbase
Service was restored at 19:30 PT, 1 hour after the original incident
https://twitter.com/CoinbasePro/status/1080861151452229632

HitBTC Dismisses Allegations It Froze Accounts in Response to Proof of Keys Event
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hitbtc-dismisses-allegations-it-froze-accounts-in-response-to-proof-of-keys-event

https://www.proofofkeys.com/

Failures During Proof of Keys

HitBTC Fails PoK
Bitfinex Fails PoK
Poloniex Issues During PoK
Purse.IO Fails PoK
Robinhood Fails PoK
Coinbase Halts Trading; POK Suspicions

[kenzawak]

You can add LBX (London Block Exchange) to the list :

https://twitter.com/LBXSocial/status/1080928349407666182

We have taken the exchange offline for some unscheduled maintenance. We’ll provide an update soon, thank you for your patience.

[BlackPanda]

The case of the exchange of hacking is an extraordinary event, it is because the incident greatly affected the development of cryptocurrencies. The fact is that when a hack action occurs, the price of cryptocurrencies automatically decreases, this is the impact of the many people who feel worried when they have digital assets. Hopefully in the next year things will be much more, security features must be improved and we must be smart in choosing exchanges that have the best reputation level.

[ginobitcoiner]

of the many exchangers that were hit by hacking in 2017 was the year that had the least number of hacking crimes. and 2018 is the year with the most volume of assets hit by hacking

[faceoff97]

 its best not to make any exchange storage of coins  with this cases. After trading, it is really a must to transfer in a safe Wallet or hardware wallet. If you can't afford hardware wallet, opensource software would be best choice. I'm okay with electrum for Bitcoin and HODLER for altcoin.

[VB1001]

Zimbabwe Bitcoin exchange company Golix Hacked

“As a result of this intrusion, affected users have noticed some changes to their accounts such as the conversion of their cryptocurrencies and/or the acquisition of additional  cryptocurrencies through already held US dollar balances,” said The Golix team.

https://www.eyetrodigital.com/zims-cryptocurrency-exchange-platform-golix-hacked/

There is only this news, if they confirm the theft, I will add it to the list, it is the 1st of 2019 

[o_e_l_e_o]

The only way for anyone to notice that they don't have enough coins to have every user/customer withdraw, is to have everyone withdraw at the same time, which won't ever happen so they are safe basically for ever.

Even back in December, when Coinbase's cold storage addresses were being emptied and all the funds moved around (to new cold storage, as it turns out), all the FUD and panic posts on here and reddit were about this being a whale moving their coins to an exchange in preparation to dump them, even though that was provably not the case. I didn't see a single post raising the possibility of "could this mean Coinbase has been hacked?". So even when their cold storage of 600k empties, people don't even think about them being hacked. No one is going to notice if they lost a few hundred or even a few thousand BTC in a small hack, and as you say, they definitely wouldn't advertise it.

Although maybe if there was a small public hack, it might wake some people up enough for them to actually withdraw their coins and store them securely, instead of trusting a random third party.

[LeGaulois]

People overestimate coinbase. Maybe they also think that their coins are guaranteed like a government guarantees bank deposits.
When you compare with IRL there is not much difference. People know that their bank is in agony but they are not worried, and they're far to think to participate in a bank run.

[Furious 7]

of the many exchangers that were hit by hacking in 2017 was the year that had the least number of hacking crimes. and 2018 is the year with the most volume of assets hit by hacking

this is proof that exchange is very easy to hack. and it's time for us to secure your assets and not use exchange as a place to save. move assets to a safer wallet. Hardware wallet may be the best option.

[mirakal]

Thanks for making this thread, I thought the biggest hack was Mt.Gox which is the biggest hack of all time but I'm surprise now it was Coincheck . Very informative thread, please keep this thread updated so you can share the necessary information on a timely manner.

Hopefully Binance will remain safe because there are a lot of traders like me that are using this exchange, normally hackers will target big exchanges.

[VB1001]

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Thank you all for your contributions.

More info. = more security for us.

[VB1001]

Exchange BiteBTC.....

https://bitebtc.com/news/20

Singapore Bitcoin Exchange BiteBTC.com Claims Data Center Fire on Proof of Keys Day: Exit Scam?

https://www.ccn.com/singapore-bitcoin-exchange-bitebtc-com-claims-data-center-fire-on-proof-of-keys-day-exit-scam/

https://archive.fo/v9Kfu

https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/bitebtc/

[The Cryptologist]

This is the first time I've heard an exchange Bitcoinica and I find it funny that people still trust it after 2 hack incidents in that year. And also I don't believe that everything on list are hacked because I was a user of Bitgrail and I'm positively sure that the exchange are the ones behind and stole it before nano got dump very hard.

[VB1001]

Japanese Regulators Grant Cryptocurrency Exchange License to Coincheck

"Since the interim period, developers have slowly returned functionality to users and organized refunds of stolen coins."

https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-regulators-grant-cryptocurrency-exchange-license-to-coincheck

[valheru]

It is really a pity to see that such a strong and well-established exchanges are hacked. No matter how much security is taken, there will always be hackers and they will continue their work and what we need to do is educate everyone about how to care about own self on cybersecurity.

[mirakal]

It is really a pity to see that such a strong and well-established exchanges are hacked. No matter how much security is taken, there will always be hackers and they will continue their work and what we need to do is educate everyone about how to care about own self on cybersecurity.

That's why it's important for the exchanges to prevent this hacking because it's their reputation at stake, and with the big competition in the market, they might be surprise that people are already transferring to another exchange. For exchanges, it's a profitable business but it's the reputation is their capital to continue to progressively exist, and they have to take care of it by improving their internal control.

Japanese Regulators Grant Cryptocurrency Exchange License to Coincheck

"Since the interim period, developers have slowly returned functionality to users and organized refunds of stolen coins."

https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-regulators-grant-cryptocurrency-exchange-license-to-coincheck

Goo news here.

[Last of the V8s]

at least one on here that isn't in yer list https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1085109897228886016
and now cryptopia luls

[VB1001]

^ Thanks, drive and update the forum, it's not a good combination.

When the total of the scam is known, I will add it to the list.

Cryptopia Hacked:



Source:

https://twitter.com/Cryptopia_NZ/status/1085084168852291586

[NewRanger]

^ Thanks, drive and update the forum, it's not a good combination.

When the total of the scam is known, I will add it to the list.

Cryptopia Hacked:



Source:

https://twitter.com/Cryptopia_NZ/status/1085084168852291586

its really bad news for crypto community.i am worry in couple days after hacker get any token in their wallet they will dumped it in any markets.just preventing if in few days later price crashing again.