Hack history / 2015 / Hack or exploit
Bitstamp
Hack or exploit on Jan 5, 2015 · Phishing
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$5.2M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#440
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Six Bitstamp employees were targeted in a sophisticated weeks-long phishing campaign starting in November 2014. The attacker sent social engineering emails to the CTO and system administrator, culminating in malware installation that gave the attacker access to the exchange's hot wallet infrastructure.
Details
- Date
- Jan 5, 2015
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Phishing
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Bitcoin
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitstamp hack, Jan 5, 2015: $5.2M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hte9f21884c0/ (data as of 2026-10-31).