Hack history / 2021 / Fraud
Bitcoin.org
Fraud on Sep 23, 2021 · Malicious Code Injection Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$17K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The Bitcoin.org website has activities to give back to the community, and it is suspected that the website has been hacked. The homepage of the website shows a Bitcoin address and states that any first 10,000 users who pay to this address will receive double the amount in return. Cobra, the co-owner of the Bitcoin.org website, tweeted that Bitcoin.org has been hacked and is investigating how hackers set up fraud patterns on the website. It is expected that operations will be suspended for a few days. According to reports, the attackers stole more than 17,000 U.S. dollars.
Details
- Date
- Sep 23, 2021
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Malicious Code Injection Attack
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitcoin.org fraud, Sep 23, 2021: $17K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0294ec309f/ (data as of 2026-10-31).