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BitPoint Lost $32 Million in a Hack Attack

Another Japanese exchange got hit by hackers.

The Japanese exchange BitPoint went offline after a successful hack attack that targeted Bitpoint’s main hot wallets. The exchange lost bout 2.5 billion Yen ($32 Million USD) in crypto currencies that contained Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and XRP.

The exchange did not provide any details about how the hacker could penetrate their system.

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