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Bitcoin worth $72 million stolen from Bitfinex exchange in Hong Kong
August 3, 2016 by creative · Leave a Comment
Nearly 120,000 units of digital currency bitcoin worth about US$72 million was stolen from the exchange platform Bitfinex in Hong Kong, making it the second-biggest security breach ever of such an exchange. Zane Tackett, Director of Community & Product Development for Bitfinex, told Reuters on Wednesday that 119,756 bitcoin had been stolen from users' accounts and that the exchange had not yet decided how to address customer losses.
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Bitcoin worth $72 million stolen from Bitfinex exchange in Hong Kong