As of today, there are a total of 51 hacking events , with lost funds amounting to a total of approximately $2.1 billion at the time of these hacks

The Complete List of Crypto Exchange Hacks - CryptoSec

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2021-06-13 11:30:09

As of today, there are a total of 51 hacking events , with lost funds amounting to a total of approximately $2.1 billion at the time of these hacks, with the Mt.Gox hack of 2014 being the biggest casualty yet with $661,348,000 of stolen funds. The total amount does not include stolen user data and undisclosed amounts of stolen funds.

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"A cryptocurrency exchange with about 2 million users worldwide announced that it has “suffered a serious cyber attack.” A number of basic services are paralyzed and the attacker tried to access the exchange’s wallets.

"Controversy still surrounds a liquidated New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange, which allegedly got hacked again. Adding to the $30 million stolen in 2019, Cryptopia reports that it was the target of another theft incident on February 1, 2021."

"Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin posted on message on its official website on Christmas Eve claiming it was hacked and lost control of some of its servers, warning customers to stop using its services."