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On this day in 2012, Bitfloor — a New York-based Bitcoin exchange — was hacked after an attacker gained access to an unencrypted backup of its wallet keys.
24,000 BTC worth approximately $250,000 were stolen. The exchange briefly reopened but was shut down by regulators the following year.
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