Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
Eterbase
Hack or exploit on Sep 8, 2020 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$5.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#436
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Attackers compromised Eterbase's internet-connected hot wallets holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Tezos, Algorand and TRON. The stolen funds were transferred to attacker-controlled addresses and subsequently moved through multiple exchanges including Binance and Huobi.
Details
- Date
- Sep 8, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Tezos, Algorand, Tron
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Eterbase hack, Sep 8, 2020: $5.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht58d9066e37/ (data as of 2026-10-31).