Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit
Cryptopia
Hack or exploit on Jan 14, 2019 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$16M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#231
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On January 14, 2019, Cryptopia's hot wallet private keys were compromised, enabling theft of approximately 10 percent of platform holdings in ERC-20 tokens across 17,000 customer accounts.
In review: possible duplicate within one source.
Details
- Date
- Jan 14, 2019
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Cryptopia hack, Jan 14, 2019: $16M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht2f53d49a3c/ (data as of 2026-10-31).