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Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange #1
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

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(This post was last modified: 04-07-2018, 07:02 PM by MrSecurity.)

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RE: Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange #3
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.
"If you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you will ever see.”


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