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Thursday, 4 August 2016

The Hong Kong bitcoin stock exchange suspended work due to hacking

Nearly 120,000 bitcoins were stolen from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Bitfinex, told Reuters the representative of the stock exchange Zane Tuckett on Wednesday, after on Tuesday evening the company announced the suspension of trading due to hacking the system.
Bitfinex is one of the largest stock exchanges, carrying out operations with virtual currencies.
The company said, that they informed the police about the incident. It has not yet determined, what's the value of the virtual currency, stolen from clients.
A similar attack on Mt. Gox, bitcoins stock exchange based in the Tokyo, forced her to declare bankruptcy in early 2014. Back then hackers stole customer's Bitcoin worth about $650 million.


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