Hacked Exchanges since 2011

[Netnox]

The Mt Gox robbery of 2014 was the mother of all hacks. Some BTC650,000 was stolen, on top of tens of millions of USD worth of fiat. At current exchange rates, the total net worth of the stolen items would amount to $5.25 billion. There were a few users who lost more than BTC10,000. Five years have passed and the investigation has produced no results.

[sana54210]

The Mt Gox robbery of 2014 was the mother of all hacks. Some BTC650,000 was stolen, on top of tens of millions of USD worth of fiat. At current exchange rates, the total net worth of the stolen items would amount to $5.25 billion. There were a few users who lost more than BTC10,000. Five years have passed and the investigation has produced no results.

Investigation? By who, how would they detect the perpetrator with this anonymous system of cryptocurrency, this is how Binance issue will go too and it will be impossible for them to even get a clue to who the fraudster is.

They better put pressure on government to regulate cryptocurrency and also subject themselves to regulation, that is the only way we can start finding solution to apprehending any scammer, which will still not be that easy provided they scammed through a blockchain technology, but at least with government regulation, it is has a way of instilling fears and reducing the number of perpetrators.

[mirakal]

The Mt Gox robbery of 2014 was the mother of all hacks. Some BTC650,000 was stolen, on top of tens of millions of USD worth of fiat. At current exchange rates, the total net worth of the stolen items would amount to $5.25 billion. There were a few users who lost more than BTC10,000. Five years have passed and the investigation has produced no results.

Investigation? By who, how would they detect the perpetrator with this anonymous system of cryptocurrency, this is how Binance issue will go too and it will be impossible for them to even get a clue to who the fraudster is.

They better put pressure on government to regulate cryptocurrency and also subject themselves to regulation, that is the only way we can start finding solution to apprehending any scammer, which will still not be that easy provided they scammed through a blockchain technology, but at least with government regulation, it is has a way of instilling fears and reducing the number of perpetrators.

There was an investigation of this I believe, however I was not able to follow completely the update.
Investigation happens because users with deposits complained about the site and they want to claim their lost bitcoin and also their creditors. 
This case was a hot topic before and I guess the remaining assets will be sent to its creditors or to those party that are allowed to claim.

some source - https://www.coindesk.com/mt-gox-creditors-warn-mass-sale-could-put-bitcoin-fork-prices-at-risk

Actually prevention should be done, and I agree that crypto will be regulated and the last big hack should be a call for the regulators to act.

[VB1001]

Hacked New Zealand Exchange Cryptopia Appoints Liquidators, Trading Suspended

Hacked New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has appointed David Ruscoe and Russell Moore from consultancy and audit firm network Grant Thornton New Zealand as liquidators. The news was revealed in an official Grant Thornthon announcement on May 15.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacked-new-zealand-exchange-cryptopia-appoints-liquidators-trading-suspended

[RealMalatesta]

I think there is methods of following where the money is going and how to find who got the hack which is a bit scary considering we wanted crypto to be anon but after all its not as private as we once thought it was. I know the topic is hacking so it could be good right now but when it comes to people knowing how much bitcoin you have that could potentially change your opinion.

There was a group (a security firm I think) that actually followed all that money into which address' it went to and actually found the hackers bitcoin wallet address, that is great for following up and if that bitcoin address is attached to some exchange to cash out to fiat they could actually contact at least the most famous exchanges and see if they had it and with KYC they could potentially identify the hacker. Now, that is a very long and tiring work but after all it could be definitely done to say the least. If they can manage it then it would change the shape of crypto currency forever both by less hacks but also less privacy.

[sujonali1819]

The Op is very informative about the news of exchanges hacked. Lot of newbie/people who did not know even me also about the full history of hacked exchange named and hacked amount,  very helpfull for them. Keep updated this thread with new info. Thanks

[jonahjonah]

https://i.imgur.com/nDPHERS.jpg

We are going to close the year. I would like to share this list of pirated exchanges. After viewing the data, consider how and where you store your Bitcoins.

Since 2011 have stolen millions of dollars from exchanges, account theft, security breaches, phishing, some recovered others filed for bankruptcy. The solution adopted by governments to improve security is to implement more stringent and regulatory policies.

This is a list exchanges hacked 2011/2018, I hope I do not have to update this year.

Remember:> "Not your keys, not your Bitcoin"

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  Exchange  		Year        	Amount / Month  	 Amount / Coin 			Founders			              	 
✔️ Bitcoin7    		2011 <      	50.000 $ October	  5.000 / BTC		
✔️ Mt.Gox      		2011 <       8.750.000 $ June	  	  2.000 / BTC           Jed McCaleb / Mark Karpeles
✔️ Bitcoinica  		2012 <         228.000 $ March	 	 43.550 / BTC	
✔️ Bitcoinica  		2012 <          87.000 $ May	 	 18.540 / BTC
✔️ Bitcoinica  		2012 <         300.000 $ July	 	 40.000 / BTC
✔️ Bitfloor    		2012 <         250.000 $ September 	 24.000 / BTC   	    Roman Shtylman        
✔️ PicoStocks  		2013 <       3.000.000 $ November	  6.000 / BTC	
✔️ Vircurex		2013 <         160.000 $ May	  	  1.450 / BTC
✔️ BTER        		2014 <       1.065.000 $ August                 / NXT
✔️ BitPay      		2014 <       1.800.000 $ December         5.000 / BTC
✔️ Bitcurex    		2014 <               ? $ March                  /
✔️ Cryptsy     		2014 <       9.500.000 $ July	 	 11.325 / BTC
✔️ Cryptorush  		2014 <         570.000 $ March		        /
✔️ KipCoin     		2014 <         690.000 $ October                /
✔️ MintPal     		2014 <       1.300.000 $ October                /
✔️ Mt.Gox      		2014 <     460.000.000 $ February	650.000 / BTC		Jed McCaleb / Mark Karpeles
✔️ Poloniex    		2014 <          64.000 $ March	     	     97 / BTC		   Tristan D'Agosta
✔️ LocalBitcoins 	2015 <		     ? $ January	     17 / BTC
✔️ 796Exchange 		2015 <         230.000 $ January	  1.000 / BTC	
✔️ BTER        		2015 <       1.750.000 $ February	  7.170 / BTC
✔️ Bitcurex    		2016 <       1.500.000 $ October          2.300 / BTC
✔️ Bitstamp    		2015 <       5.200.000 $ January	 19.000 / BTC	 	    Merlak brothers
✔️ Bitfinex    		2016 <      77.000.000 $ August	        119.700 / BTC		    Rafael Nicole
✔️ Gatecoin    		2016 <       2.140.000 $ May	            250 / BTC
✔️ ShapeShift  		2016 <         230.000 $ April	            469 / BTC	
✔️ Bithumb     		2017 <      30.000.000 $ February		/ Crypto		Kim De Shi
✔️ YouBit      		2017 <       5.300.000 $ April                  /
✔️ YouBit      		2017 <             17% $ December               /
✔️ Bancor      		2018 <      23.000.000 $ July		        /			Guy Benarzi
✔️ Coincheck   		2018 <     500.000.000 $ January		/ NEM		Koichiro Wada, Yusuke Otsuka
✔️ BitGrail    		2018 <     187.000.000 $ February		/ Nano		    Francesco Firano
✔️ Zaif        		2018 <      60.000.000 $ September              / 
✔️ Coinrail    		2018 <      40.000.000 $ June		        / Crypto		Lee Nuss
✔️ Cryptopia		2019 <		     ? $ January	      ? /
✔️ Liqui Crypto		2019 <		     ? $ January	      Closed
✔️ QuadrigaCX		2019 <		     ? $ January	      Closed			Owner disappeared...
✔️ Coinmama		2019 <			 February	450.000 / emails+passwords	
✔️ DragonEx		2019 <		       $ March		 Waiting for more info.
✔️ Coinbene		2019 <		       $ March		 Waiting for more info.	
✔️ Bithumb		2019 <		       $ March	      3.000.000 / EOS

Please, post your comment if you are affected by this unpleasant situation or how you solved it, of course, it can help a lot.

I got affected, but now i keep my coins in ledger

[feryjhie]

i see in the list for exchange hacked that QuadrigaCX closed because of owner disappeared?
as i read in this articles about the QuadrigaCX CEO Died in India, so that means the owner not disappear but the owner died because of complications from Crohn’s disease

[erikalui]

Do you add local exchanges too? Coinsecure got hacked and it was reported on 12th April 2018: http://prntscr.com/np1rz3

And around $3.4 million (438.318 BTC)  has been hacked from the Indian exchange.

They later refunded the users in 10% BTC and 90% INR though: https://www.coindesk.com/coinsecure-may-refund-rupees-not-bitcoin-3-4-million-heist

[mirawantirinjana]

The Op is very informative about the news of exchanges hacked. Lot of newbie/people who did not know even me also about the full history of hacked exchange named and hacked amount,  very helpfull for them. Keep updated this thread with new info. Thanks

yes, I am also a little strange to some of the exchanger who has been hacked in the previous year, understand that I just joined around the end of 2017 and I have not been too deep into the famous big exchanger and even the hacked one.

[Omegasun]

The Op is very informative about the news of exchanges hacked. Lot of newbie/people who did not know even me also about the full history of hacked exchange named and hacked amount,  very helpfull for them. Keep updated this thread with new info. Thanks

yes, I am also a little strange to some of the exchanger who has been hacked in the previous year, understand that I just joined around the end of 2017 and I have not been too deep into the famous big exchanger and even the hacked one.

Now that crypto gaining again, hackers find ways to hack exchanges, exchanges should be much more secured and focus more on developing their security, now that even Binance one of the most secured exchange they targeted it.

[neonshium]

Do you add local exchanges too? Coinsecure got hacked and it was reported on 12th April 2018: http://prntscr.com/np1rz3

And around $3.4 million (438.318 BTC)  has been hacked from the Indian exchange.

They later refunded the users in 10% BTC and 90% INR though: https://www.coindesk.com/coinsecure-may-refund-rupees-not-bitcoin-3-4-million-heist

This is really a bad scenario in the market to be honest. Like your funds could be exposed to anyone who is good at hacking. After Binance got hacked, I have lost my belief in all the exchanges and am of the view that any exchange could be hacked if this could happen to the best exchange. The security could be improved as well like if we look at the security level of Pentagon in the US, the system is completely opaque to any hack attempt.

[VB1001]

"Liquidators of Hacked Cryptopia Exchange Release Report, Note $4.2M Owed to Creditors"

The liquidators of now-defunct New Zealand crypto exchange Cryptopia have released the first report on the state of affairs of the firm, according to the documents published on May 31.

Cryptopia’s recently assigned liquidator, Grant Thornton, has released an estimation statement of the financial state of the firm, reporting that the hacked exchange owes a total of $4.22 million to its creditors.

According to the report, there are 69 unsecured creditor claims totalling $2.439 million, with the liquidators adding that they expect to receive further claims, thus raising the amount.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/liquidators-of-hacked-cryptopia-exchange-release-report-note-42m-owed-to-creditors

[iv4n]

I like that "not your key`s, not your bitcoins" part, it sums all up. Lost bitcoins are lost, you can`t get them back. There are no insurance that can print you bitcoins that you lost, bail outs in crypto would be funny thing to see.
Nice list, maybe some people will think about where to leave bitcoins after seeing this topic. If you don`t protect yourself who else will? Don`t expect from any kind of service to do your job.

[VB1001]

"UpBit Exchange Phishing Email Scam Came From North Korea, Source Claims"

Hackers from North Korea were behind a phishing scam targeting users of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit, Korean-language cryptocurrency news outlet CoinDesk Korea reported on May 29.

According to findings by local cybersecurity firm East Security, the scam came in the form of an email sent to UpBit users requesting account information.

The pretence was a fake giveaway, with the emails also containing a file called “Event Winner Personal Information Collection and Usage Agreement.hwp,” which would run malicious code when opened.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/upbit-exchange-phishing-email-scam-came-from-north-korea-source-claims

This will never end, every day more phishing, scams, thefts ...
and with Bitcoin increasing the price, more exposed.

- Check the web address of the exchange before entering your data.
- Update passwords regularly.
- Do not open suspicious mail.

Good luck,

[BayAngelo]

all i can say is that the attack on Mt.Gor exchange might be coming from the same person. this showcase the need for people to avoid abandoning their tokens on exchange. it is not advisable or favourable. get a wallet. whatever you earn from the exchange can be earn on the wallet.

[Cheesus]

I don't know when this exchange hack race would stop! Within 5 months in 2019, almost 300 Million USD already hacked! The crypto market won't be accepted widely until this exchange hack stops! Bithumb is becoming the home of hackers. Every year, this exchange faced several hack attacks, and now I have a doubt with the team! Binance hack and 41M USD lost was totally disappointing! I wish this year, we won't see any major exchange hacks!

[gentlemand]

I don't know when this exchange hack race would stop!

When they become non custodial. That's the only thing that'll stop it in its tracks. All the same I'd be interested to what Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini are doing right when everyone else is doing it wrong. Coinbase in particularly is the juiciest target by far.

As for S Korea the exchanges seem just as dim and incompetent as the people who trade on them.

[Tungsten-1]

all i can say is that the attack on Mt.Gor exchange might be coming from the same person. this showcase the need for people to avoid abandoning their tokens on exchange. it is not advisable or favourable. get a wallet. whatever you earn from the exchange can be earn on the wallet.

No doubt it is the effort of a hacker always to target technologies especially the top trending or popular technologies. They love to achieve or extract the most precious data or information or you can say the precious currency of modern era which is the Bitcoin and other crypto currency. They will always be trying to hack or target the utmost profitable sources what we should do is to strengthen our security much more.

[akuser]

I was surprised by this list, I was worried that there would be no safe exchange to save crypto assets.
It should be a concern that security is important and users must get a guarantee. I like binance with their guarantee after the Hack case (SAFU).