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January 4, 2015Crises & controversyFailures & lossesdocumented

Bitstamp loses about 19,000 BTC from a hot wallet

A security breach compromised a Bitstamp operational wallet and led the exchange to suspend service.

Bitstamp said customer balances would be honored because most reserves remained in cold storage. It rebuilt its environment on new infrastructure and reopened after several days.