Hack history / 2020 / Phishing
Electrum
Phishing on Jan 19, 2020 · Phishing attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$17.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#225
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Electrum suffers from "Update Phishing" theft. (The "Update Phishing" attack continues, and the older version (less than 3.3.4) is still under threat.)
Details
- Date
- Jan 19, 2020
- Kind
- Phishing
- Method
- Phishing attack
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Wallet
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Electrum phishing, Jan 19, 2020: $17.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht26be81bb65/ (data as of 2026-10-31).