Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
A hacker racks up a $45,000 AWS bill for their victim, only to generate $800 worth of Monero
Hack or exploit on Dec 14, 2021
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$45K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,947
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Dec 14, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- monero
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "A hacker racks up a $45,000 AWS bill for their victim, only to generate $800 worth of Monero hack, Dec 14, 2021: $45K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6e2816b0ed/ (data as of 2026-11-01).