Hacks · March 1, 2012
Linode breach drains ~46,000 BTC (Bitcoinica)
Price at event
$4.92
Today
$73,594
Since then
×14958
An attacker compromises hosting provider Linode and empties hosted wallets — roughly 46,000 BTC total, ~43,000 of it from the Bitcoinica trading platform. One of the earliest large-scale thefts and an early lesson in hot-wallet custody.
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