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Bitstamp

$5.2M stolenMonday, January 5, 2015 · 4242 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Situation Summary

1/5/2015 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$5.2M drained from Bitstamp on Bitcoin.

TECHNIQUE: PHISHING

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