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Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange - Torwaldson - 01-26-2018
Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in NEM tokens and $112 in Ripples).
In 2014, Mt Gox, one of the largest bitcoin exchange at that time, filed for bankruptcy after admitting it had lost $450 million worth of Bitcoins.
Apparently, the cryptocurrency markets reacted negatively to the news, which resulted in 5% drop in Bitcoin price early this morning.
Full reading: https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/coincheck-cryptocurrency-heist.html
RE: Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange - MrSecurity - 01-26-2018
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RE: Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange - Nil - 01-26-2018
Mother of God.
This is exactly what scares me ATM as I am holding all of my coins on the exchange right now. Maybe this is a wake up call to order a ledger this weekend.