Long-serving cryptocurrency exchange forced offline, hackers blamed

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by Sindy Cator on January 15, 2019 at 11:02 am

Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork

One of the internet’s longest serving digital asset exchanges, Cryptopia, claims to have been hit by a debilitating hack. After a full day of unscheduled maintenance outages, the NZ-based cryptocurrency exchange posted an official statement, explaining it had suffered “a security breach which resulted in significant losses.” According to Cryptopia, both New Zealand police and its high tech crimes unit are jointly investigating the matter, which they are treating “as a major crime.” pic.twitter.com/0ZwqFfwwHi — Cryptopia Exchange (@Cryptopia_NZ) January 15, 2019 Ominously, $2.4 million was removed from Cryptopia around the same time the outages began, reports CoinDesk, referencing a Twitter account that…