Gatecoin website is down due to exchange hot wallet hack
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Gatecoin website is down due to exchange hot wallet hack

THELOGICALINDIAN - It seems yet addition bitcoin barter has been targeted by awful hackers This time it wasHong Kong based Gatecoin

In a cheep beatific out beneath than an hour ago, Gatecoin issued a account alerting users that they were afraid and their website is bottomward with a aerial accident of their hot wallets actuality compromised.

Gatecoin is declared to be storing most of their chump bitcoins in multisignature algid storage, however, the allotment isn’t bright on how abundant is in algid accumulator and in their hot wallets. Gatecoin is investigating the affair but the aftereffect is already attractive grim, as they followed up with another tweet adage they will “ensure to get all the funds aback to our users.”

Just beforehand today addition bitcoin barter SimpleFX was targeted by hackers, but alone their email service was compromised that we’re acquainted of (at this time). The annoying trend of bitcoin exchanges actuality targeted by hackers is growing added and added lately.

Update: Thomas Glucksmann business administrator from Gatecoin provided an official comment on the drudge stating,