2018-6-20 10:17 |
The company said in an announcement today that the hack happened between late Tuesday night until early Wednesday morning Korean time.
Though Bithumb has yet to disclose which cryptocurrency or in what amount had been damaged, it said in the announcement that the loss will be covered by the platform.
As such, Bithumb said investors should “immediately discontinue depositing cryptocurrencies until further notice.”
As of press time, Bithumb is seeing over $300 million 24-hour trading volume on its platform, making it currently the sixth largest exchange in the world, data from CoinMarketCap shows.
As previously reported by CoinDesk, Coinrail, a smaller cryptocurrency exchange in the country also reported that it was hacked on June 10.
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