Hack history / 2012 / Hack or exploit
Bitcoinica
Hack or exploit on May 11, 2012 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$90K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,767
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Bitcoinica's production servers were compromised, allowing attackers to steal 18,547 BTC from the exchange's online wallet. The attacker gained access to the wallet infrastructure through a breach of the hosting provider.
Details
- Date
- May 11, 2012
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Bitcoin
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitcoinica hack, May 11, 2012: $90K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht607b31d95b/ (data as of 2026-11-01).