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Project: Bitcoinica
Date: 2012-03-01
Summary: Linode hosting compromise results in BTC theft.
Impact: 43554 BTC
References:- The Bitcoinica Linode theft and what it means for Bitcoin by Vitalik Buterin (Bitcoin Magazine)
- Bitcoinica lost 43,554 BTC from Linode compromise, suspicious TXIDs publicized by zhoutong (BitcoinTalk)
- Linode Security Incident Report by Linode
- Does Bitcoinica Founder Zhou Tong Have Some Explaining To Do?
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Project: Slush
Date: 2012-03-01
Summary: Linode hosting compromise results in BTC theft.
Impact: 3094 BTC
References:- Hacked Linode & coins stolen to 1NRy8GbX56MymBhDYM... by slush (BitcoinTalk)
- Linode Hack Support Log
- Linode Security Incident Report by Linode Indicators:
- 1NRy8GbX56MymBhDYMyqsNKwW9VupqKVG7
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Project: Bitcoin Faucet
Date: 2012-03-01
Summary: Linode hosting compromise results in BTC theft.
Impact: 5 BTC
References:- Bitcoin Faucet Hacked by Jered Kenna (BitcoinTalk)
- Linode Security Incident Report by Linode
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Project: Tradehill
Date: 2012-03-01
Summary: Linode hosting compromise results in BTC theft.
Impact: Outage during investigation
References:- Linode compromised and it's effect on TradeHill by Gavin Andresen
- Linode Security Incident Report by Linode
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Project: Betcoin
Date: 2012-04-11
Summary: Hot wallet and personal wallets compromised.
Impact: 3171 BTC stolen
References:- What left of betco.in for sale by hippich (Bitcoin Forum) Indicators:
- 1L4kz6BA8mzi8KLV9VQ2pYcW8QQFVihWLg
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Project: Bitcoinica
Date: 2012-05-15
Summary: Linode hosting compromise results in BTC theft.
Impact: 18547 BTC
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Project: Bitcoinica
Date: 2012-07-13
Summary: Bitcoinica's MtGox account was compromised.
Impact: 40000 BTC and $40000 USD
References:- Public STATEMENT Regarding Bitcoinica account hack at MtGox by Aggro (BitcoinTalk)
- Statement about the suspect of recent Bitcoinica hack by zhoutong (BitcoinTalk)
- Bitcoinica stolen from... again by by Vitalik Buterin (Bitcoin Magazine)
- Does Bitcoinica Founder Zhou Tong Have Some Explaining To Do?
- Bitcoin woes: users file lawsuit over $460k in missing funds by Adrianne Jeffries (The Verge)
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Project: BTC-E
Date: 2012-07-31
Summary: API key cracked since it was only 16 characters long. This allowed attackers to deposit fake funds, exchange them to BTC, and take them off the platform.
Impact: 4500 BTC
References:- Public statement by BTC-e
- BTC-e Attacked by Justin Porter (Bitcoin Magazine)