bitcoin exchange in Hong Kong said to have been hacked

in bitcoin •  9 years ago  (edited)

A digital currency exchange in Hong Kong Bitfinex said on Tuesday suspended negotiations after discovering a security breach, according to company statement.

Bitfinex is one of the largest exchanges for trading of bitcoin digital currency, ether and litecoin. It has offices in Europe and the United States and is known to have a high liquidity platform in exchange dollar and bitcoin currency.

The company said it also suspends deposits and withdrawals of digital coin purse.

"We are investigating the breach to determine what happened, but we know that some of our users had their bitcoins stolen," the company said

"We are doing a review to determine which users were affected. While we conduct this initial research and become secure environment, bitfinex.com will be taken down and the maintenance page will remain there."

The company said that reports the theft to authorities. She said she has not yet determined the value of digital currency stolen from customer accounts.

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Keep up the great work @illidans
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