Hack history / 2021 / Fraud
Circle
Fraud on Jul 9, 2021 · Scam
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$2M
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
Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the US dollar stable currency USDC, reported in a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that Circle Internet Financial lost US$2 million in email fraud last month. Circle stated that the email fraud incident did not affect customer funds and accounts, Circle's information system is still safe, and the US$2 million is the company's own funds.
Details
- Date
- Jul 9, 2021
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Scam
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Circle fraud, Jul 9, 2021: $2M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht1a10f17ad4/ (data as of 2026-10-31).