One of the world's biggest bitcoin exchanges has been hacked

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "[Bithumb] One of the world's biggest bitcoin exchanges has been hacked

    One of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world has been hacked and 30,000 customers' data has been compromised,...

    It's one of the busiest exchanges in the world. On Tuesday, Motherboard reported that it was the fourth largest globally in terms of volumes of all cryptocurrencies traded daily; by Wednesday it had jumped to first place...

    In a statement, Bithumb said (via cryptocurrency news site BraveNewCoin) that it was an employee computer that was compromised, rather than its core servers...

    BraveNewCoin reports that 'billions' of won has been stolen. For context, one billion won is equal to around $870,000, or £670,000..."

    http://www.businessinsider.com/sout...ange-bithumb-hacked-ethereum-2017-7?r=UK&IR=T
     
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    http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/62219/hacking/enigma-platform-hacked.html
     
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