The first known direct attempt against a payment system affected E-gold in June 2001, which was followed up by a "post-9/11 id check" shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Первой известной попыткой стала атака на платёжную систему e-gold в июне 2001 года, второй стала атака, прошедшая вскоре после теракта 11 сентября.