Bitfinex 2016 Heist
Hackers stole 119,754 BTC ($71M then, $9B+ at recovery) from Bitfinex multi-sig hot wallets, recovered six years later via DOJ wallet-file decryption.
Loss
72.0M
USD
Victim dossier
Bitfinex
Total losses
$72.0M
1 incident
An archive of cryptocurrency security incidents — hacks, exploits, bridge failures and rug pulls, documented with on-chain evidence.
Hackers stole 119,754 BTC ($71M then, $9B+ at recovery) from Bitfinex multi-sig hot wallets, recovered six years later via DOJ wallet-file decryption.