Hack history / 2012 / Hack or exploit
Bitcoinica
Hack or exploit on Mar 1, 2012 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$228K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,449
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Bitcoinica suffered its first major hack when attackers breached Linode web hosting and stole 43,000 BTC from the exchange. The compromise of the hosting provider gave attackers direct access to Bitcoinica's wallet infrastructure.
Details
- Date
- Mar 1, 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, Mar 1, 2012: $228K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htb1897bbd71/ (data as of 2026-10-31).