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HIGHBitcoin·Private Key Compromised·#92 all-time

Tether

$31.0M stolenSunday, November 19, 2017 · 3193 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Situation Summary

11/19/2017 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$31.0M drained from Tether on Bitcoin.

TECHNIQUE: PRIVATE KEY COMPROMISED

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