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Pirates · 7 August 2026

BTCPay Server boarded by pirates

Outcome: TOTAL LOSS, Undisclosed

An actively exploited flaw in versions before 2.4.2 let attackers obtain LND admin macaroons and reach connected Lightning wallets. On-chain wallets were not affected.

Sources: BTCPay Server

1. Capsized, outcome: IN SALVAGE

   Mt. Gox capsizes

   2014-02-28 Undisclosed

   The Tokyo exchange, then handling most of the world's bitcoin trading, ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy after hundreds of thousands of bitcoin went missing.

   Lost at sea. Several hundred thousand times.

   Sources: Wikipedia

2. Man Overboard, outcome: TOTAL LOSS

   Newport landfill hard drive goes overboard

   2013-10-29 Undisclosed

   A hard drive holding the private key for 8,000 bitcoin was thrown out in 2013 and is buried in a landfill in Newport, Wales. The council has refused permission to dig.

   Not lost at sea. Lost at landfill.

   Sources: Wikipedia