Hack history / 2013 / Hack or exploit
Bitcash
Hack or exploit on Nov 11, 2013 · Improper Access Control
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$100K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,733
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Bitcash.cz was compromised and bitcoins from up to 4,000 customer wallets were stolen. The attack appeared to use phishing emails sent from compromised Bitcash staff accounts to lure victims into sending BTC for supposed recovery.
Details
- Date
- Nov 11, 2013
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Improper Access Control
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Bitcoin
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitcash hack, Nov 11, 2013: $100K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht63d39942ba/ (data as of 2026-10-31).