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MEDIUMBitcoin·Improper Access Control·#208 all-time

Mt. Gox

$8.8M stolenSunday, June 19, 2011 · 5538 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Other recorded incidents at Mt. Gox

DefiLlama records 2 separate incidents under this name. Each has its own page.

Mt. Gox — 2014
Bitcoin$470.0M

Situation Summary

6/19/2011 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$8.8M drained from Mt. Gox on Bitcoin.

TECHNIQUE: IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL

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