What happened
On May 11, 2012, an attacker compromised Bitcoinica’s live production servers and depleted its online wallet of 18,547 BTC, then valued at about $90,000. Bitcoinica took its services offline and said the exchange, rather than customer accounts, bore the theft; it also warned that customer database information might have been exposed.
How it happened
- Bitcoinica detected a compromise of its live production servers.
- The attacker used that access to deplete Bitcoinica's online wallet of 18,547 BTC.
- Bitcoinica suspended services while it investigated and said it would honor withdrawal requests.
Protocol details
Evidence
- report Report docs.google.com
- report Report bitcointalk.org
- report Report bitcointalk.org
- report Report bitcointalk.org
- report Report threatpost.com
- analysis Web Archive web.archive.org
- analysis DeFiLlama defillama.com
- analysis Bitcoin bank Bitcoinica still titsup after cyberheist theregister.com
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