Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Bitbns
Hack or exploit on Feb 1, 2022 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$7.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#371
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
BitBNS exchange in India was hacked on February 1, 2022, via AWS cloud storage misconfiguration exposing private key backups. Attacker drained hot wallets for $7.5-8M; incident was concealed until March 2023.
Details
- Date
- Feb 1, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitbns hack, Feb 1, 2022: $7.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htebb748b758/ (data as of 2026-11-01).