Bithumb Hack Update: Cryptocurrency Exchange Recovers 45% of Stolen Coins
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Bithumb Hack Update: Cryptocurrency Exchange Recovers 45% of Stolen Coins

THELOGICALINDIAN - Bithumb has managed to balance almost 45 percent of the cryptocurrencies baseborn during the June 20 drudge The belvedere appear the account in an amend appear on June 28 while additionally accouterment abounding acknowledgment of the agenda currencies taken in the advance The aggregation additionally accustomed the abutment of added barter platforms in its efforts to balance the baseborn funds

Bithumb initially appear that hackers had managed to abduct $31 million in cryptocurrency from its coffers. In its latest drudge amend report, the belvedere appear that it had recovered $14 actor account of the looted cryptocurrencies. Thus, the absolute losses now angle at $17 million.

Commenting on the accretion efforts, the aggregation stated:

As allotment of the update, the aggregation additionally provided a account of all the cryptocurrencies afflicted in the hack. The hackers managed to abduct a absolute of 11 basic currencies — including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Ripple.

Bitcoin accounted for a cogent allocation of the annexation with about 2,016 BTC baseborn (approximately $12 million). The hackers additionally reportedly took $794,000 and $489,000 in Bitcoin Cash and Ether, respectively, during the attack.

Before the attack, the 24-hour trading aggregate on the belvedere was almost $400 million. At the time of this writing, that amount stands at $261 million. Bithumb is yet to accredit deposits and withdrawals on the platform, explaining:

In the after-effects of the hack, Bithumb promised to reimburse its customers. The aggregation additionally affairs to backpack out an airdrop to atone its users.

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