Bitfinex hacked, exchange goes offline during investigation
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Bitfinex hacked, exchange goes offline during investigation

THELOGICALINDIAN - Popular bitcoin barter Bitfinex has been afraid and the armpit has been taken bottomward while the barter investigates absolutely what happened andcooperates with law enforcement

Hong Kong based barter Bitfinex apoplectic trading today afterwards advertent a aegis breach. In a account acquaint to the website, it says:

At this time, the barter is absolutely unavailable. Users can analysis the Bitfinex Status page for updates as well. This adventure is developing and as anon as there are added details, we will accommodate an update.

In June, the barter belvedere was bottomward for a continued aeon of time due to datacenter issues, which were after resolved. They were additionally fined by the CFTC $75K for illegal off-exchange banking transactions.

The barter is one of the best aerial aggregate platforms on the market, affective upwards of ~40,000 BTC per day.

Update: Bitfinex has accepted that $61.8 actor has been stolen from the exchange.