The hackers stole from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange kriptovalyutnoy Bitfinex 119,756 Bitcoins (about $ 65 million), Bloomberg reported.
In connection with cyber attacks took place all transactions on the Stock Exchange was suspended from Tuesday. At the same time, as noted in Bitfinex, suffered only Bitcoin deposits in dollars were not affected.
After the abduction of a Bitcoin Exchange fell by 5.5% against the dollar, falling for two days has reached 13%. Bitcoin also fell by 6.2% on Monday, but it is unclear whether this is due to hacker attack.
In Bitfinex blog says that now market is identifying all the circumstances of the incident and cooperating with law enforcement authorities. “We will consider various options to address customer losses later in the course of the investigation,” – said in the press
The virtual currency Bitcoin, which was created as an alternative to traditional money, appeared in 2008.. Bitcoins are in the form of entries in a distributed base blokcheyn where unencrypted version stores all transaction indicating Bitcoin addresses of senders and recipients, but without identifying the real owners of these addresses. Cryptocurrency repeatedly criticized the Russian authorities.
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