Another one, this time it is the turn of crypto Bithumb exchanges are rumored to have been compromised. Bursa crypto Bithumb it is one of the major exchanges in South Korea. One of the media in South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported indications that the attack happened on Tuesday night local time.
Due to the attack, the next day, the site of bursa Bithumb it down. Right on Wednesday that the Bithumb explains that they have been compromised. A number of more or less 35 billion won or equivalent of USD 31.5 million has vanished.
Since the attack, the Bithumb then memutuskkan to cease activity deposit and withdrawal at that. In the twitternya, the Bithumb account does not provide a description of how long time it takes to restore it.
Hacking Bithumb crypto exchanges, again adding to a long line of successful crypto exchanges compromised during this time, since first major incident to ever overwrite MTGox. Uniquely, not long before, one of the other exchanges from South Korea, Coinrail, also experienced the same thing. In fact, the bursa Coinrail hacking events just a difference in 2 weeks only.