Hack history / 2020 / Hack or exploit
Poloniex
Hack or exploit on Dec 5, 2020 · DDoS Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex issued an announcement stating that since December 5th at 6:30 UTC (14:30 Beijing time), its service was interrupted due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. At present, Poloniex has resumed normal trading, and user funds have not suffered any loss.
Details
- Date
- Dec 5, 2020
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DDoS Attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Poloniex hack, Dec 5, 2020: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf5827a939f/ (data as of 2026-10-31).