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Bitcurex

$1.5M stolenThursday, October 13, 2016 · 3595 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Situation Summary

10/13/2016 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$1.5M drained from Bitcurex on Bitcoin.

TECHNIQUE: HOT WALLET KEY COMPROMISED

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