Bitcoin price crashed today as bitfinex dramatically announced a “security breach” that led to the theft of an unconfirmed number of bitcoins. The biggest USD bitcoin exchange further announced a shutting down of its website and trading .
They use a two of three multisig wallets, with one key held by Bitgo. It is not, therefore, at all clear how such a staggering amount may have been stolen. But huge amount was stolen and Bitfinex have not enough money to cover this amount!
Official answer at Atlassian group:
" As we account for individualized customer losses, we may need to settle open margin positions, associated financing, and/or collateral affected by the breach. Any settlements will be at the current market prices as of 18:00 UTC. We are taking this necessary accounting step to normalize account balances with the objective of resuming operations. We will look at various options to address customer losses later in the investigation. While we are halting all operations at this time, we can confirm that the breach was limited to bitcoin wallets; the other digital tokens traded on Bitfinex are unaffected. "
Zane Tackett, Director of Community and Product Development strongly denied any connection with press and customers. Now all Bitfinex services is down. Halt all digital token deposits to and withdrawals from Bitfinex.
Looking at the last hacked exchanges, we can say one thing - there is no guarantee that your money will be safe. There are no legal control of these exchanges. In all these cases can only help cryptographic protection and finteh solutions. But while such solutions are not found!
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoins-price-plummets-125k-bitcoins-may-stolen-bitfinex/