Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
ETC
Hack or exploit on Aug 30, 2020 · 51% attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
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
Bitfly tweeted that another massive 51% attack on ETC today resulted in the restructuring of more than 7,000 blocks, equivalent to about two days of mining time. All missing blocks are removed from balances that have never expired, and all expenditures are checked for missing transactions.
Details
- Date
- Aug 30, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- 51% attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "ETC hack, Aug 30, 2020: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6c5a83cc64/ (data as of 2026-10-31).