At a time when the bitcoin is fired, unknown people stole more than 4,700 bitcoins, equivalent to about 70 million dollars, in a cyber attack to the company NiceHash, a Slovenian electronic platform specialized in mining cryptocurrencies
As reported by the newspaper Delo Ljubljana, NiceHash closed the access to its electronic platform after verifying this morning that during hacking, hackers emptied the bitcoines internet purse from the firm and moved them to another address. Since the virtual currency does not have any entity that backs the money, the company has given up the lost amount.
The time of the robbery has been before the bitcoin reach out to touch $ 15,000, a situation that has occurred this morning, implying that the cryptocurrency has risen more than 20% in less than 24 hours.
"We apologize to the users for all the inconveniences, we will do everything in our power to solve the difficulties in the shortest possible time," NiceHash said in a statement.
The company, which has denounced the attack to the competent authorities, has asked its clients to modify their codes to enter the platform and has promised to improve security levels.