[Updated] List of cryptocurrency exchange hacks

[shoreno]

well from some hacks that often occur in several exchanges that's why I always transfer the tokens that I have on the exchange to a personal wallet because I don't want that to happen to me, keeping in a personal wallet is safer than exchanging

Yes, absolutely right, this is something that everyone must do to not lose the assets that we already have, and what you do is very safe and I also agree with what you are doing, because it is really safe in general.

Actually holding money at centralized exchanges is risky and I only use the money I have invested to keep it. I think no exchange is secure at this time and it's best to find a personal wallet to keep. In addition, I also use additional hardware wallets to ensure the best because this is a very popular way in this market. Of course, not all exchange are bad, but it's best to be more careful.

yeah cex exchange doesnt allow you to have your private so they totally control your funds  and even the known safest exchange got hacked too not once or twice but many times now . 

just like to thanks for the op for putting this list so that people can be aware if what exchange are not on the hot list or the ones that being targeted by hackers the most.  storing assets on a stand alone alone is better ,  hardware wallets are optional too .

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[BlackFor3st]

Some people hold their crypto assets on exchanges, it is very dangerous, previously many exchanges have been hacked.
I advise You should keep your crypto assets in your personal wallet because the exchange is not safe.


Hacked Exchanges

Name	Date	Loss
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Altsbit Exchange	Feb 2020	6,929 BTC, 23,210 ETH, 3,924,082 ARRR, 414,154 VRSC & 1,066 KMD
Upbit Exchange	Nov 2019	342,000 ETH
VinDAX Exchange	Nov 2019	$500,000 Worth of Cryptocurrency
Bitpoint Exchange	Jul 2019	1,225 BTC, 11,169 ETH, 1,985 BCH, 5,108 LTC & over 28 million XRP
Bitrue Exchange	Jun 2019	9.3 Million XRP & 2.5 Million ADA
GateHub Exchange	Jun 2019	23,200,000 XRP
Binance Exchange	May 2019	7,000 BTC
Bithumb Exchange	Mar 2019	3 Million EOS & 20 Million XRP
CoinBene Exchange	Mar 2019	Unknown
Coinbin Exchange	Feb 2019	Unknown
Coinmama Exchange	Feb 2019	No
Cryptopia Exchange	Jan 2019	1,675 ETH
QuadrigaCX Exchange	Dec 2019	26,350 BTC
MapleChange Exchange	Oct 2019	913 BTC
Zaif Exchange	Sep 2018	5,966 BTC
Bithumb Exchange	Jun 2018	$31 Million Worth of XRP
Taylor Exchange	May 2018	2,578 ETH
Bancor Exchange	Jul 2018	$12M in ETH
CoinSecure Exchange	April 2018	438 BTC
Bitgrail Exchange	Feb 2018	17,000,000 NANO
Coincheck Exchange	Jan 2018	523,000,000 NEM
Youbit Exchange	Dec 2017	Unknown
Bithumb Exchange	Jul 2017	$7 Million Worth of BTC & ETH
Yapizon (Youbit) Exchange	Apr 2017	3,800 BTC
Bitfinex Exchange	Aug 2016	120,000 BTC
GateCoin Exchange	May 2016	250 BTC & 185,000 ETH
ShapeShift Exchange	Apr 2016	$230,000 Worth of Crypto
BTER Exchange	Feb 2015	7,170 BTC
Bitstamp Exchange	Jan 2015	19,000 BTC
LocalBitcoins Exchange	Jan 2015	17 BTC
796 Exchange	Jan 2015	1,000 BTC
MintPal Exchange	Oct 2014	3,700 BTC
Cryptsy Exchange	Jul 2014	13,000 BTC & 300,000 LTC
MintPal Exchange	Jul 2014	8 Million VRC
Mt.Gox Exchange	Mar 2014	850,000 BTC
Poloniex Exchange	Mar 2014	97 BTC
BitCash Exchange	Nov 2013	484 BTC
Vicurex Exchange	May 2013	1,454 BTC
BitFloor Exchange	Sep 2012	24,000 BTC
Bitcoinica Exchange	May 2012	18,457 BTC
Mt.Gox Exchange	Jun 2011	2,643 BTC
Bitcoin7 Exchange	Oct 2011	11,000 BTC

Source: https://selfkey.org/list-of-cryptocurrency-exchange-hacks/
Source to Bancor: https://www.ccn.com/decentralized-crypto-exchange-bancor-hacked-12m-in-ether-stolen/

List updated...

I never expect that hacking has been this much already and what is worst is the latest hacking lost a lot of money "6,929 BTC, 23,210 ETH, 3,924,082 ARRR, 414,154 VRSC & 1,066 KMD". It is too much compare to Binance hacking and it was happened last February 2020 where the price of bitcoin break to 10k$.

And upon checking the Altsbit exchange, it is now displaying the current hacking and the process/steps on how the users can get the refund of their money. This why I really don't like storing money in any exchange as the hackers are always there and what is worst they are targeting big exchanges as they can sure that they can get a lot of money from them. I just hope that it is not an inside job or any fishy announcement that comes from the team behind the project.

[Malam90]

If we store coins in exchanges we have to bear in mind that any time any exchange can be hacked. If we store coins in online wallets, anytime it can be stolen by hackers or scammers. That means crypto markets is full of risk. We have to stay here with taking risk. Binance hack didn't imposed any negative impact on crypto market and members of Binance didn't face financial loss.

[isaac_clarke22]

OP, I read the site that you referred.
Just a suggestion
Since the list entirely came from the site you referred, it would be nice if you could directly link each line of the exchanges that got hacked to the exact part of the site so that people wouldn't scroll down a lot to read the news itself.

[CryptoYar]

OP, I read the site that you referred.
Just a suggestion
Since the list entirely came from the site you referred, it would be nice if you could directly link each line of the exchanges that got hacked to the exact part of the site so that people wouldn't scroll down a lot to read the news itself.

I appreciate your advice, I do not think that is possible. Because whenever anyone goes to that website, every time he will lands on the same page.

[Romeotom]

Actually if you want store your coins in exchange wallet then it's big risk and your wallet can be at anytime. Even other if you want save your coins in online wallet then it will be more risk because many hackers can be attack your wallet. So it's me to best for save all coins in hardware wallet then never possible hack, if you can hide your mail password and wallet private key.

[southerngentuk]

Great list.

But real question is how many of this exchanges conveniently lost their funds because of tax purposes or simply because they shady?
Any simply exit scammed leaving poor noobs without funds.

One of them was actually hacked, but some exchanged an Exit scam and blamed the hacker. And those are the small exchanges in this market, if all of them were hacked then I think exchange is not safe enough for us to use and hold cryptocurrency there.

[kayvie]

Great list.

But real question is how many of this exchanges conveniently lost their funds because of tax purposes or simply because they shady?
Any simply exit scammed leaving poor noobs without funds.

One of them was actually hacked, but some exchanged an Exit scam and blamed the hacker. And those are the small exchanges in this market, if all of them were hacked then I think exchange is not safe enough for us to use and hold cryptocurrency there.

It is not that exchange is not safe, using an exchange is still safe. However, it is not safe to store your funds in exchange which is always the reminder of many trusted users here. And you should only use popular exchanges to avoid gimmicks such as exit scams that you have mentioned.

[luckyflop]

Great list.

But real question is how many of this exchanges conveniently lost their funds because of tax purposes or simply because they shady?
Any simply exit scammed leaving poor noobs without funds.

One of them was actually hacked, but some exchanged an Exit scam and blamed the hacker. And those are the small exchanges in this market, if all of them were hacked then I think exchange is not safe enough for us to use and hold cryptocurrency there.

It is not that exchange is not safe, using an exchange is still safe. However, it is not safe to store your funds in exchange which is always the reminder of many trusted users here. And you should only use popular exchanges to avoid gimmicks such as exit scams that you have mentioned.

It is better for us to store money in cold wallets or store them on our computers. It will be a lot safer than exchanges, even Binance was hacked in 2019 and it's the best exchange in this market. So any exchange could be hacked in the future

[fulled]

I'm stay away from crypto almost 1year, the biggest hack last time ive heard is binance, when i read this ive got shock to know Altsbit Exchange, the exchanger ive never heard lost so many crypto in February, thats why i always avoiding saving fund more than a month in exchanger, for me its better to spend some for transaction fee rather than losing all in case the exchanger got hacked

[lixer]

Honestly, it all depends on how well the exchange is dealing with these hacks that matters the most and not IF they got hacked or not.

For example, if one exchange gets hacked and because of that they close shop and do not pay anyone their money back, that is bad, we all know that, however if one exchange gets hacked but still pays everyone their money and covers the expense of being hacked from their own pockets, that is not really all that horrible. This is why I think being hacked could even be more of an advantage to an exchange instead of a curse if they can handle it very well.

Binance reversed a hacking to something great for example, those dudes got hacked but then paid out of pocket and now people love them even more, so they turned it into good marketing.

[nancy]

Hackers are getting smarter and smarter. Thats can be dangerous
Thanks for statistic

[robertg1974]

Crypto exchanges  are not intended to store assets there. It's not just a hack problem, you don't have private keys there. No private keys, assets is not yours.

[Republikcoin.com]

my eyes hurt seeing the number of stolen assets. Well, if there is a hacker who escaped from the chase, I think the Hacker has become rich now. other than that, every year there are always exchangers who are hacked, and I hope the exchange where I put my assets doesn't experience the same thing. Well, MT. Gox makes me interested. I don't know enough bitcoin assets were stolen there. unfortunately, the price of bitcoin at the time seemed to be less than $ 2k.

[robertg1974]

  There is always risk, however most of them using bypases or work in a legal gray area and this exposes users to great risks. By obtaining all the necessary licenses and adapting the infrastructure to the requirements of the regulators, exchanges will ensure both business security and reliable access to different forms of pay-in and pay-out on the platforms.  

Great market for that is Thaland since they are one of the few countries which have adopted all the necessary crypto regulations in 2019, including issuing security tokens, both for trading with STO and for issuing the STO, Digital Asset Business License, License for Cryptocurrency Broker, License for Cryptocurrency Dealer, and Cryptocurrency Exchange license by the Thai Ministry of Finance. working with relevant authorities including the Bank of Thailand, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, will uphold the law and maintain maximum quality of service for crypto users. Hope other countries will also follow up with regulating crypto market.

Regards,
Denis Lukavačkić

The regulation provides some security against scammers, but not against hackers

[Tomcolor]

It's almost better for save our money in hardware wallet and some strong security wallet( erc20, trust wallet, coinbase) although some wallet will give good safty. Therefore, don't save your money in any exchange wallet then it's your own risk.

[bakasabo]

According to the list, Bithumb Exchange has the weakest security, since the exchange was hacked 3 times and totally had lost the biggest amount (if we dont count Mt.Gox). Despite all this, the exchange still works... I wonder who has so much trust to Bithumb and why choose to trade there?

[Santri]

every exchange that claims to have very good security certainly still has a gap to be entered by hackers and for that do not ever put your assets in any exchange, hackers are still hanging around and still trying to steal at some exchanges

[Bonwin]

According to the list, Bithumb Exchange has the weakest security, since the exchange was hacked 3 times and totally had lost the biggest amount (if we dont count Mt.Gox). Despite all this, the exchange still works... I wonder who has so much trust to Bithumb and why choose to trade there?

I believe the exchange is has got good insurance, else, such number of hacks is enough to make it run bankrupt and I guess those who lost fund initially have got a replacement.
However, you never can tell if there will be a serious hack, which will take the exchnage to a point of no return and that is why keeping one's fund on exchnage is not advisable.
When Binance was hacked, it was then I knew no exchange can escape it and the only precaution is to save most fund sin private wallet, most especially hardware wallet.

[nelson4lov]

At this point, I think it's safe to say that no exchange is safe from breaches and hacks.  Even Bitmex gets hack controversies here and there. Binance too. The only good thing with them is that they have a SAFU funds in place to compensate for lost funds. I know people who lost quite a lot during the cryptopia hack over a year ago.  That said, I think it's best to have minimal funds on exchanges at any point in time.

@OP, I want to suggest that you reorganize the thread so that recent hacks come last not first. Like top to bottom. Not bottom to top.