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onal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 hack 2 laundering 3 see also 4 references toggle the table of contents 2016 bitfinex hack 5 languages čeština deutsch español հայերեն русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia cryptocurrency theft the bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in august 2016 1 119 756 bitcoins worth about us 72 million at the time were stolen 1 in february 2022 the us government recovered and seized a portion of the stolen bitcoin then worth us 3 6 billion 2 by decrypting a file owned by ilya lichtenstein born 1989 that contained addresses and private keys associated with the stolen funds 3 lichtenstein and his wife heather r morgan born 1991 were charged with conspiracy to launder the stolen bitcoin 3 in august 2023 lichtenstein admitted to committing the theft both lichtenstein and morgan pleaded guilty to money laundering 4 in november 2024 lichtenstein was sentenced to five years in a us prison for his involvement in money laundering the stolen bitcoin 5 morgan was sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraud and conspiracy charges 6 hack edit in august 2016 the bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange based in hong kong announced it had suffered a security breach 7 around 2 000 approved transactions were sent to a single wallet from users segregated wallets 8 9 immediately thereafter bitcoin s trading price plunged by 20 causing the value of the stolen bitcoins to dip to us 58 million 1 after learning of the breach bitfinex halted all bitcoin withdrawals and trading 10 and said it was tracking down the perpetrators of the hack 9 exchange customers even those whose accounts had not been broken into had their account balance reduced by 36 and received bfx tokens in proportion to their losses 11 the exchange s access to u s dollar payments and withdrawals was then curtailed the hack happened even though bitfinex was securing the funds with bitgo which uses multiple signature security 12 in july 2023 bitfinex worked with the department of homeland security to recover about 315 000 in cash and cryptocurrencies stolen in the 2016 breach the funds will be redistributed to holders of bitfinex s recovery right tokens digital coins issued to people who suffered financial losses due to the hack 13 laundering edit in early 2017 small amounts of the stolen bitcoins began to be moved from the wallet it had been initially stored in to the dark web marketplace alphabay with the intention of laundering it after alphabay was shuttered by international law enforcement led by the fbi the money was rerouted to the russian marketplace hydra the shutdown of alphabay may have given law enforcement access to the service s internal transaction logs and allowed it to identify the perpetrators 8 in february 2022 a new york couple ilya lichtenstein aged 34 and his wife heather r morgan aged 31 8 were charged by us federal authorities with conspiring to launder the bitcoins which was worth us 5 3 billion at the time 2 14 lichtenstein was an entrepreneur who had co founded a sales company called mixrank morgan was an entrepreneur columnist for inc former forbes digital contributor from 2017 to 2021 and online rapper 15 16 although neither were charged with committing the hack law enforcement had acquired a search warrant for a cloud storage service used by lichtenstein obtaining a spreadsheet of wallet addresses and passwords linked to the hack 17 though the stolen bitcoins could be tracked through public transactions logged on the blockchain it was only after the wallet passwords were recovered that law enforcement could access and seize their contents 8 18 19 some of the funds were moved to more traditional financial accounts and spent on gold nfts uber rides and a playstation 20 although hundreds of millions of dollars were converted to fiat currency 80 of the bitcoins approximately 94 000 remained in the original wallet at the center of the hack 8 in august 2023 lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and morgan to one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to defraud the united states lichtenstein additionally admitted to carrying out the hack 4 an information was filed against both defendants 21 in november 2024 lichtenstein was sentenced to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release 22 morgan was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for fraud and conspiracy charges 23 on december 6 2024 netflix released a documentary directed by chris smith featuring the story of lichtenstein s and morgan s crimes titled biggest heist ever 24 in 2025 president donald trump signed an executive order to create a strategic bitcoin reserve including bitcoin seized by us law enforcement in theory this includes over 100 000 bitcoin seized from the bitfinex hackers but the us department of justice has recommended to the courts that the bitcoin seized after the hack be returned to bitfinex 25 26 27 28 29 in january 2026 lichtenstein was granted early release to supervised probation under the provisions of the first step act of 2018 the release was facilitated by the accumulation of earned time credits through vocational training provided by the bureau of prisons following his release lichtenstein publicly stated his intention to transition into a career in cybersecurity citing the rehabilitative goals of the federal reform legislation 30 see also edit history of bitcoin strategic bitcoin reserve references edit 1 2 3 tsang amie august 3 2016 bitcoin plunges after hacking of exchange in hong kong the new york times hong kong archived from the original on may 18 2017 1 2 barrett devlin february 8 2022 feds arrest couple seize 3 6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds the washington post archived from the original on february 16 2022 retrieved february 9 2022 1 2 case 1 22 mj 00022 complaint with arrest warrant press release february 7 2022 archived from the original on february 9 2022 retrieved february 10 2022 1 2 paúl maría luisa august 4 2023 bitcoin bonnie and clyde plead guilty in spy novel like laundering case washington post retrieved august 5 2023 hoskins peter november 15 2024 us hacker sentenced over bitcoin heist worth billions bbc home retrieved january 30 2025 davis wes november 18 2024 razzlekhan crypto s most embarrassing rapper is going to prison the verge retrieved january 30 2025 nakamura by yuji may 21 2017 bitfinex comes back from 69 million bitcoin heist sfgate archived from the original on may 22 2017 1 2 3 4 5 chow andrew r february 10 2022 inside the chess match that led the feds to 3 6 billion in stolen bitcoin time archived from the original on february 10 2022 retrieved february 12 2022 1 2 bitcoin worth 72m was stolen in bitfinex exchange hack in hong kong fortune archived from the original on november 20 2016 retrieved october 26 2016 shekhtman lonnie august 3 2016 bitcoin security breaches raise questions about digital currency s future christian science monitor archived from the original on may 28 2017 baldwin clare august 6 2016 bitfinex exchange customers to get 36 percent haircut debt token reuters archived from the original on march 16 2019 retrieved june 20 2018 bitcoin worth 72 million stolen from bitfinex exchange in hong kong reuters august 3 2016 archived from the original on november 11 2020 retrieved october 14 2021 crypto exchange bitfinex says 315 000 from 2016 hack recovered bloomberg july 6 2023 archived from the original on july 7 2023 retrieved may 21 2024 via www bloomberg com lyngaas sean february 8 2022 feds arrest a new york couple and seize 3 6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency cnn news p 1 archived from the original on february 14 2022 retrieved february 9 2022 hissong samantha february 8 2022 accused bitcoin mega crook made rap videos and dear god are they cringey rolling stone archived from the original on march 5 2022 retrieved march 5 2022 dugan kevin february 15 2022 the many lives of crypto s most notorious couple how the accused bitcoin launderers spent their time new york magazine archived from the original on may 13 2024 retrieved may 13 2024 us justice s largest ever financial seizure sees two arrests over 3 6bn stolen crypto internationalinvestment february 9 2022 archived from the original on february 17 2022 retrieved february 17 2022 cohen luc july 21 2023 crypto rapper razzlekhan husband reach plea deal over bitfinex hack laundering reuters archived from the original on july 26 2023 retrieved july 26 2023 via www reuters com in bitfinex cryptocurrency heist 2 charged reach plea deal 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network outage rsa securid compromise 2012 linkedin hack stratfor email leak operation high roller 2013 south korea cyberattack snapchat hack cyberterrorism attack of june 25 2013 yahoo data breach singapore cyberattacks 2014 anthem medical data breach operation tovar 2014 celebrity nude photo leak 2014 jpmorgan chase data breach 2014 sony pictures hack russian hacker password theft 2014 yahoo data breach 2015 office of personnel management data breach hackingteam ashley madison data breach talktalk data breach vtech data breach ukrainian power grid cyberattack swift banking hack 2016 bangladesh bank robbery hollywood presbyterian medical center ransomware incident commission on elections data breach democratic national committee cyber attacks vietnam airport hacks dccc cyber attacks indian bank data breaches surkov leaks dyn cyberattack russian interference in the 2016 u s elections 2016 bitfinex hack 2017 shattered 2017 macron e mail leaks wannacry ransomware attack westminster data breach petya and notpetya 2017 ukraine ransomware attacks equifax data breach deloitte breach disqus breach 2018 trustico atlanta cyberattack british airways data breach singhealth data breach 2019 sri lanka cyberattack baltimore ransomware attack bulgarian revenue agency hack whatsapp snooping scandal jeff bezos phone hacking incident hacktivism anonymous associated events cyberberkut gnaa goatse security lizard squad lulzraft lulzsec new world hackers nullcrew ourmine paypal 14 redhack teamp0ison tdo ugnazi ukrainian cyber alliance groups appin bangladesh black hat hackers bureau 121 charming kitten cozy bear dark basin darkmatter elfin team equation group fancy bear gossipgirl confederation guccifer 2 0 hacking team helix kitten iranian cyber army islamic state hacking division lazarus group bluenoroff andariel lords of dharmaraja nso group numbered panda pla unit 61398 pla unit 61486 platinum pranknet red apollo rocket kitten stealth falcon syrian electronic army tailored access 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zeroaccess botnet 2012 alina carna dexter dridex fbi moneypak flame grum mahdi red october shamoon 2013 blackpos cryptolocker darkseoul havex 2014 brambul black energy 3 carbanak careto darkhotel duqu 2 0 emotet finfisher gameover zeus kronos regin 2015 centerpos flocker hidden tear kasidet rombertik teslacrypt project sauron 2016 fastpos hitler industroyer jigsaw keranger locky necurs memz mirai pegasus petya and notpetya philadelphia punkeypos x agent 2017 brickerbot kirk logiclocker rensenware triton wannacry xafecopy 2018 annabelle joanap vpnfilter 2019 r2d2 tiny banker titanium retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016_bitfinex_hack oldid 1367587851 categories cryptocurrency theft money laundering robberies in the united states 2010s in hacking august 2016 crimes in the united states 2016 crimes in new york state hidden categories use mdy dates from october 2025 articles with short description short description is different from wikidata cs1 maint multiple names 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