Incident

Mt. Gox hot-wallet theft

incident:mt_gox_hot_wallet_theft Also: Mt. Gox wallet theft

Long-running theft in which an attacker with system access stole the Mt. Gox hot wallet and siphoned Bitcoin from subsequent deposits.

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outgoing COMPROMISES Mt. Gox hot wallet Explicit 9
outgoing INVOLVES Bitcoin Explicit 9

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Mt. Gox hot-wallet theft COMPROMISES Mt. Gox hot wallet

Someone with access to the system stole Mt. Gox's hot-wallet file and then moved the Bitcoin to another wallet.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Kim Nilsson EP 9 Details

“The hot wallet, wallet.dat got stolen by someone with access to the system.”

Kim Nilsson · offsets 15876–15951

Mt. Gox hot-wallet theft INVOLVES Bitcoin

The hot-wallet theft siphoned approximately 650,000 Bitcoins from Mt. Gox.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 9 Details

“the thief had been able to siphon 650,000 Bitcoins from Mt. Gox.”