Bitfinex Hack — 120,000 BTC Stolen

2016-08-02Milestones & Price

Bitfinex, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, is hacked for approximately 120,000 BTC (~$72 million). The stolen funds would later be partially recovered by the US DOJ in 2022, leading to the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan.

Wikipedia: 2016 Bitfinex hack

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