Hack history / 2013 / Hack or exploit
Feathercoin
Hack or exploit on Jun 8, 2013 · 51% attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$64K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,861
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On June 8, Feathercoin was attacked by 51%. Before the attack, Feathercoin's total computing power was 0.2GH/s, and during the time of the attack, the computing power doubled 7 times to 1.5GH/s. Thirty-one hours later, an investigation revealed that the attacker took away 580,000 Feathercoin through a double-spending attack on the exchange, at a current price of $63,800.
Details
- Date
- Jun 8, 2013
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- 51% attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Feathercoin hack, Jun 8, 2013: $64K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc7fef9e5bf/ (data as of 2026-10-31).