List of Crypto-Currency Exchange Hacks (2012-2016):
Bitcoin's biggest problem right now is confidence. Confidence builds slowly over time... but, it can be destroyed quickly. As we've all seen, a sudden lack of confidence can make the BTC price drop dramatically. When a crypto-currency exchange gets hacked, its destroys much of the confidence in the ecosystem.
| Date | Bitcoin Service Targeted | Attack Details | BTC stolen | USD value |
| 2016 Aug | Bitfinex (exchange) | user wallets/inside job | 119,756 | $66,000,000 |
| 2016 May | Gatecoin (exchange) | hot wallet | multicurrency | $2,000,000 |
| 2016 Mar | ShapeShift (exchange) | inside job | multicurrency | $230,000 |
| 2016 Mar | Cointrader | hot wallet | 81 BTC | $33,600 |
| 2016 Jan | Bitstamp (exchange) | hot wallet | 18,866 | $5,263,614 |
| 2015 Feb | Bter (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | 7,000 | $1,750,000 |
| 2015 Feb | Exco.in (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 Feb | Kipcoin (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | 3,000 | $690,000 |
| 2015 Feb | 796 (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | 1,000 | $230,000 |
| 2015 Jan | Bitstamp (exchange) | hot wallet | 19,000 | $5,100,000 |
| 2015 Jan | Cavirtex (exchange) | user database stolen | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 Dec | Blockchain.info (wallet) | user wallets (bug, R values) | 267 | $101,000 |
| 2014 Dec | Mintpal (exchange) | inside job | 3,700 | $3,208,412 |
| 2014 Aug | Cryptsy (exchange) | inside job | multicurrency | $6,000,000 |
| 2014 Mar | Flexcoin (wallet) | hot wallet | 1,000 | $738,240 |
| 2014 Mar | CryptoRush (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | 950 | $782,641 |
| 2014 Jan | Mt.gox (exchange) | hot & cold wallets/inside job | 850,000 | $700,258,171 |
| 2013 Dec | Blockchain.info (wallet) | 2-factor authentication breach | 800 | $800,000 |
| 2013 Nov | Inputs.io (wallet) | cold wallet/inside job | 4,100 | $4,370,000 |
| 2013 Nov | BIPS (wallet) | cold wallet/inside job | 1,200 | $1,200,000 |
| 2013 Nov | PicoStocks (exchange) | cold wallet/inside job | 6,000 | $6,009,397 |
| 2012 Mar | Linode (webhosting) | inside job | 46,703 | $228,845 |
If you know of any other crypto-currency exchange hacks not listed here... please, let me know and I'll add them to the list. Thanks.
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