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ID:

btc-e-831

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Date:

Status:

Incident Count:

July 31, 2012

Verified

2

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REKT

Contributor:

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zerofriction.io

KYC By:

KYC:

None

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50 pts

Audit By:

Audits:

None

Loss Amount:

42,000

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Recovered:

-

Rewards:

Ticker:

USD

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100 pts
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Platform:

Type:

Category:

Method:

Data Sources:

Bitcoin

Exchange

Assets

Key Management

Extended Method:

API key compromise

Days in Operation:

4093

(11.21 Years)

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100 pts each

On July 31, 2012, the BTC-E Liberty Reserve API secret key was broken. This key was shorter than it needed to be at only 16 characters long. The attacker initiated many Liberty Reserve deposits and injected large amounts of USD into the system, which were quickly sold for BTC. Not all BTC was withdrawn; official estimates state that the scope was limited to 4500 BTC. Similar to the June 2011 Mt. Gox Incident, the BTC-E market was disturbed during the duration of the hack. The handling of this hack was widely applauded after BTC-E revealed they would cover the losses and revert to a backup made just before the hack.

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