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The largest cryptocurrency exchange hacked

At the moment, all deposits and payments exchange temporarily suspended.

The largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea and sixth largest in the world – Bithumb – on the night of June 19 was attacked by hackers, resulting in stolen about $30 million.

At the moment, all deposits and payments exchange temporarily suspended and the assets moved to the cold wallet.

Representatives assured that the stolen funds to compensate all the affected users.

Earlier, on 16 June Bithumb announced a sudden check the server. Thus, maintenance has exceeded the scheduled time.

According to the Sentinel Protocol – project, specializing in the detection of hackers, Scam and fraud – is a hot wallet of the exchange was hacked in the night of 19 June, and among the stolen cryptocurrency Ripple is present.

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