Cryptocurrency
[loss] $15M+
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Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$15.0M
(15,000,000 USD)
Blockchain(s)
Ethereum, Bitcoin
Incident Details
Blockchain security firm SlowMist has reported that a phishing website appearing to be the real cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has stolen more than $15 million worth of Bitcoin, Tether, and Ether from users believing it to be the real thing. Users who didn’t notice they were accessing a site with the URL hitbt2c.lol instead of hitbtc.com approved transactions to swap their crypto assets, only to find the site drained their wallets.
Total loss estimated at $15,000,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Phishing attack
- Vendor / Product
- HitBTC phishing website
Timeline
- 2023-05-15 Breach occurred
- 2023-05-15 Publicly disclosed