Hack history / 2017 / Hack or exploit
BTC-e
Hack or exploit on Jul 26, 2017 · Unknown
LEGAL ACTIONIN REVIEWONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$990M
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
According to internet rumors, 66,000 bitcoins were suspected to have been stolen from the BTC-e exchange. The user inquired on the blockchain that the block with a block height of 477472 was transferred out of 66163.40004136 bitcoins. It is suspected that the BTC-e user was stolen by hackers of a huge amount of bitcoins.
In review: single source for a loss of $500M or more.
Details
- Date
- Jul 26, 2017
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Unknown
- How in
- Other
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Legal action
- 2024-02-01 · Charged · US DOJ: Foreign National Charged For International Money Laundering Conspiracy And Role In Operation Of Unlicensed Digital Currency Exchange BTC-e ↗
US Department of Justice press releases that name this incident. A charge is an allegation; defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BTC-e hack, Jul 26, 2017: $990M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht3f1a5fd1c0/ (data as of 2026-11-01).