2018-6-20 10:31 |
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Bithumb, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange announced on its website that between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, Korean time, 35 billion won (about 31.5 million USD) worth of cryptocurrencies vanished.
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Korean Bithumb Loses $31.5 Million Less Than 2 Weeks After Coinrail Attack
Bithumb is the second Korean exchange targeted by cyber thieves in less than two weeks.
Earlier this month, Coinrail, South Korea’s seventh-largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it was hacked, losing between $37.2 and $40 million in altcoins, according to local media.
Bithumb is one of the largest exchanges in Asia, with a daily trading volume of over $330 million, according to Coinmarketcap.
Bithumb trades more than 37 different crypto currencies, according to its homepage.