$61 million stolen from accounts at Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
From www.grahamcluley.com - August 3, 2016 10:07 AM
Hackers have compromised the Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, the company announced today, withdrawing roughly $61 million from various consumer accounts. The causes of the breach are still unclear, but the attackers appear to have bypassed Bitfinex’s mandated limits on withdrawals.

 

If you had a Bitcoin wallet with Bitfinex I imagine you would be quite worried right now.

In fact, if you had a Bitcoin wallet anywhere else you probably shouldn't be feeling too smug. Security Week reports that the value of Bitcoin has dropped by more than 20% since the incident.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethereum

 

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/50-million-hack-just-showed-dao-human/

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Bitcoin

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=blockchain

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Phishing