One of the world's largest virtual currency exchanges is stolen by over 100 million yen due to a cyber attack

ByZach Copley

Bit coins andEthicalamOne of the world's largest virtual currency exchanges dealing with virtual currencies such as "BithumbIt was hacked, it became clear that many user accounts leaked and the virtual currency of more than 1 million dollars (about 110 million yen) was stolen.

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Bithumb, as its name implies, is a bit coin exchanger, and at the same time it is also a deal of virtual currency / economy. Indeed, it is said that Bithumb accounts for about 20% of Ethariamu traded around the world, and it is known as the biggest virtual currency exchange in Korea with both name and fact. In creating the article, Bithumb is the fourth largest bit coin exchange in the world, and it is also the world's largest international exchange.

Such Bithumb has suffered a cyber attack, a lot of user account information leaked, and it is happening that the virtual currency more than 1 million dollars is stolen from the customer account. According to the Korean local newspaper, the Kyungpook newspaper, although the amount of damage varies, some users stole 10 million won (about 980,000 yen) of virtual currency. The number of victims is close to 100, and it is estimated that the total damage will amount to several million won. In addition, some victimsA user who claims that a virtual currency equivalent to 1.2 billion won has been stolenThere is also.

ByJason Benjamin

Also, the Korean government is providing fundingYonhap NewsAccording to Bithumb, in addition to the virtual currency, personal information of 31,800 users is stolen, which includes user's name, e-mail address, mobile phone number and so on. However, Bithumb claims that less than 3% of the total users suffered hacking damage.

According to Bithumb, "Computers that one employee uses at home are hacked instead of headquarters servers, and personal information of mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses will be leaked." It seems that there is a problem in the whole network or the password is not cracked. It also claims that virtual currencies are stolen from accounts of some users by using disposable passwords in transactions using virtual currency, and virtual currencies are stolen from some user accounts It is said that it is not the influence of the cyber attack that Bithumb received.