Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
On July 8, the Polish-based exchange Bitmarket abruptly shut down due to liquidity issues. The shutdown allegedly cost users a total of 2300 bitcoin (approximately $23 million) according to Polish prosecutors. The exchange’s official site was replaced with the following message: “We regret to inform you that due to the loss of liquidity, from 08/07/2019, Bitmarket.pl/net was forced to cease its operations. We will inform you about further steps.” Two weeks later, one of the exchange's co-owners was found shot dead Attack method (per SlowMist): Insufficient liquidity. Reported loss: 2,300 BTC.
- chain
- bitcoin
- protocol
- Bitmarket
- bug_class
- unknown
- date_occurred
- 2019-07-08
- loss_usd
- —
- source_id
- sm:bitmarket::2019-07-08