Hack history / 2019 / Hack or exploit
BitPoint
Hack or exploit on Jul 12, 2019 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$27.6M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#166
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
BitPoint, a Tokyo-based exchange, discovered hot wallet breaches on July 11-12, 2019, losing approximately 3.02B yen (~$27.6M) across multiple assets: 1,225 BTC, 1,985 BCH, 11,169 ETH, and 5,108 LTC. Of the loss, $23M belonged to customers and $9.2M to BitPoint itself. The exchange later recovered ~$2.3M in stolen cryptocurrency from overseas exchanges and reimbursed customers before resuming operations.
Details
- Date
- Jul 12, 2019
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- $2.3M
“The exchange later recovered ~$2.3M in stolen cryptocurrency from overseas exchanges and reimbursed customers before resuming operations.” (DefiLlama) - Victims reimbursed
- yes, amount not stated
“The exchange later recovered ~$2.3M in stolen cryptocurrency from overseas exchanges and reimbursed customers before resuming operations.” (DefiLlama)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BitPoint hack, Jul 12, 2019: $27.6M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht9e0141b0c0/ (data as of 2026-10-31).