amazing work by op
any whales floating by should send him a btc tip for his hard work and dilligence imo
Topic: List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses - page 7. (Read 87462 times)
January 07, 2015, 10:02:30 AM
January 06, 2015, 05:36:07 PM
Thanks to everyone who has mentioned something. I am aware that coverage of 2014 is very incomplete, and hope to expand it soon. Once the Bitstamp incident becomes more clear I will put up an update including it at least.
January 06, 2015, 09:21:51 AM
I was out the loop for about a month and a half.
Wow, did not realize Mintpal had gone the scam route as well. Amazing. I thought they were the one and only true trustable exchange since they had info and not an anonymous server domain registration.
But I guess that doesn't matter?
Wow, did not realize Mintpal had gone the scam route as well. Amazing. I thought they were the one and only true trustable exchange since they had info and not an anonymous server domain registration.
But I guess that doesn't matter?
January 06, 2015, 07:52:21 AM
good list, thanks for updating.
(unfortunately the Paycoin / Paybase Scam is excluded
)
(unfortunately the Paycoin / Paybase Scam is excluded
)PB mining and hashie scams are excluded as well...
January 06, 2015, 07:49:48 AM
There's some Bitstamp drama right now. In particular this address seems to contain stolen coins.
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
Updating with some additional information to the blockchain address
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/bitstamp-bitcoin-exchange-hack/
Bitstamp customers can rest assured that their bitcoins held with us as prior to temporary suspension of services on January 5th (at 9am UTC) are completely safe and will be honored in full.
On January 4th, some of Bitstamp’s operational wallets were compromised, resulting in a loss of less than 19,000 BTC. Upon learning of the breach, we immediately notified all customers that they should no longer make deposits to previously issued bitcoin deposit addresses. As an additional security measure, we suspended our systems while we fully investigate the incident and actively engage with law enforcement officials.
As an aside it makes the top 3 (Not the best start to 2015)
it's too early becouse we don't have our money back yet. Really hope that list on first post don't need to be updated with this
January 06, 2015, 03:51:56 AM
good list, thanks for updating.
(unfortunately the Paycoin / Paybase Scam is excluded )
(unfortunately the Paycoin / Paybase Scam is excluded
) January 06, 2015, 03:14:53 AM
There's some Bitstamp drama right now. In particular this address seems to contain stolen coins.
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
Updating with some additional information to the blockchain address
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/bitstamp-bitcoin-exchange-hack/
Bitstamp customers can rest assured that their bitcoins held with us as prior to temporary suspension of services on January 5th (at 9am UTC) are completely safe and will be honored in full.
On January 4th, some of Bitstamp’s operational wallets were compromised, resulting in a loss of less than 19,000 BTC. Upon learning of the breach, we immediately notified all customers that they should no longer make deposits to previously issued bitcoin deposit addresses. As an additional security measure, we suspended our systems while we fully investigate the incident and actively engage with law enforcement officials.
As an aside it makes the top 3 (Not the best start to 2015)
January 06, 2015, 02:15:04 AM
ad coinex to the list! https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annbetaexchangerealtime-coinex-realtime-exchange-265277
January 06, 2015, 01:40:32 AM
There's some Bitstamp drama right now. In particular this address seems to contain stolen coins.
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
Updating with some additional information to the blockchain address
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/bitstamp-bitcoin-exchange-hack/
Bitstamp customers can rest assured that their bitcoins held with us as prior to temporary suspension of services on January 5th (at 9am UTC) are completely safe and will be honored in full.
On January 4th, some of Bitstamp’s operational wallets were compromised, resulting in a loss of less than 19,000 BTC. Upon learning of the breach, we immediately notified all customers that they should no longer make deposits to previously issued bitcoin deposit addresses. As an additional security measure, we suspended our systems while we fully investigate the incident and actively engage with law enforcement officials.
As an aside it makes the top 3 (Not the best start to 2015)
January 05, 2015, 08:25:35 PM
It's a very useful resource for noobs, thanks!
January 05, 2015, 05:50:06 PM
There's some Bitstamp drama right now. In particular this address seems to contain stolen coins.
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf
December 04, 2014, 07:53:12 PM
What about the two relatively recent dice sites that absconded with investor dunds, Dice Ninja and Dice Bitcoin?
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
Thanks, noted. They may show up in one of the next updates, which will hopefully not take too long.
Also there is not 100% evidence that they actually scammed, although the evidence against them is very strong
December 03, 2014, 05:42:25 PM
What about the two relatively recent dice sites that absconded with investor dunds, Dice Ninja and Dice Bitcoin?
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
Thanks, noted. They may show up in one of the next updates, which will hopefully not take too long.
December 01, 2014, 11:39:59 AM
What about the two relatively recent dice sites that absconded with investor dunds, Dice Ninja and Dice Bitcoin?
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
Surprised they aren't here, because they seem to meet the criteria for inclusion. Anyway, great record OP.
November 15, 2014, 08:23:29 PM
BASIC-MINING and MintPal have been added. Preliminary estimates for the Mt. Gox loss are up too. I'm still behind on the backlog though; hopefully I can get a few more updates in before my schedule tightens up again.
Huobi has been in the news. I'm not sure if this is an actual theft or a misunderstanding. Can any Chinese users help clear this up?
I also plan to move from January 2014 BTC to a more recent benchmark, probably July 2014 BTC (this is better psychologically, since many of us don't remember what the price was in January). This will hopefully go smoothly.
Huobi has been in the news. I'm not sure if this is an actual theft or a misunderstanding. Can any Chinese users help clear this up?
I also plan to move from January 2014 BTC to a more recent benchmark, probably July 2014 BTC (this is better psychologically, since many of us don't remember what the price was in January). This will hopefully go smoothly.
November 09, 2014, 09:30:14 PM
Id like to know the fate of the sr2 coins too. My guess is the admin learnt enough from the past failures of others to hide and store them better.
Reports say that the FBI had infiltrated his site a year ago. Now guess again. 
I do agree that Blake certainly did not learn any lessons from the downfall of SR1 as he made much worse mistakes
November 08, 2014, 10:29:16 PM
Id like to know the fate of the sr2 coins too. My guess is the admin learnt enough from the past failures of others to hide and store them better.
Reports say that the FBI had infiltrated his site a year ago. Now guess again. 
November 08, 2014, 10:05:19 PM
Id like to know the fate of the sr2 coins too.
My guess is the admin learnt enough from the past failures of others to hide and store them better.
My guess is the admin learnt enough from the past failures of others to hide and store them better.
November 08, 2014, 07:58:05 PM
I haven't seen any specific numbers as of how much bitcoin was seized as part of the SR2 seizure however it would probably make the list.
Also SR2 was apparently hacked late this summer to the tune of 1,600 BTC which had previously been unreported (AFAIK)
Also SR2 was apparently hacked late this summer to the tune of 1,600 BTC which had previously been unreported (AFAIK)
November 06, 2014, 11:32:11 PM
One of the best reads on bitcointalk. Thanks for updating it and it should be a must read for all newbs.
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