Exchanges

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.

M. Ali

Daily cryptocurrency trader, miner, technology enthusiast and a full time IT and security consultant. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email him at nabil@wibbic.com

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