Hackers Steal Billions in S.Korean Won by Hacking 4th Largest Bitcoin Exchange

in crypto •  8 years ago 

According Bravenewcoin, the South Korean stock exchange Bithumb, one of the largest trading platforms for bitcoin and esters, was hacked, which led to the loss of billions of Korean won, as well as the number of compromised user accounts: leakage of information such as phone numbers, email addresses, etc."was broken into a personal PC and not the server of the head office. Personal information such as mobile number and email address of some users, has been leaked. We've discovered that the reason was a one-time password used in electronic financial transactions," – said representatives of the exchange in an interview with the local newspaper.       Read more  https://www.hackread.com/hackers-steal-billions-by-hacking-largest-bitcoin-exchange/

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