[2016-08-02] Bitfinex hacked, exchange goes offline during investigation

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Quote from: CrimBit on August 03, 2016, 01:04:53 AM

after read this news, i withdraw my bitcoin from all exchanger, my prediction bitfinex will end up like MTgox, then people will panic to sell his bitcoin.
another source news :
http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitfinex-hacked-halts-trading-deposits-and-withdrawals/
this statement from bitfinex
Bitfinex claims to be doing everything it can to resolve this latest breach. “The theft is being reported to—and we are co-operating with—law enforcement,” the company states.

From what I understand they did not have a licence to operate business in any country or state for that matter, how do you think they are cooperating with law enforcement?

CrimBit

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after read this news, i withdraw my bitcoin from all exchanger, my prediction bitfinex will end up like MTgox, then people will panic to sell his bitcoin.
another source news :
http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitfinex-hacked-halts-trading-deposits-and-withdrawals/
this statement from bitfinex
Bitfinex claims to be doing everything it can to resolve this latest breach. “The theft is being reported to—and we are co-operating with—law enforcement,” the company states.

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Quote from: bhokor on August 02, 2016, 04:08:55 PM

Quote from: cr1776 on August 02, 2016, 03:53:41 PM

Quote from: BitcoinXio on August 02, 2016, 02:35:50 PM

Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

The question will be whether this was a "hack" or an inside job with "hack" as the excuse. ;-) All too often it is the later while blaming the former.

One hopes that as part of their business they included insurance for this type of event.

They have a big working bussines, only with the fees for the margin lending (about 15%) really do you think they would kill his own golden chicken?

People doing inside jobs don't care about what they have/are earning. Just take Mark Karpeles as example. He had around 100,000 BTC and he still made his exchange collapse to steal around 650,000 BTC. Greed takes over their mind.

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Quote from: cr1776 on August 02, 2016, 03:53:41 PM

Quote from: BitcoinXio on August 02, 2016, 02:35:50 PM

Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

The question will be whether this was a "hack" or an inside job with "hack" as the excuse. ;-) All too often it is the later while blaming the former.

One hopes that as part of their business they included insurance for this type of event.

They have a big working bussines, only with the fees for the margin lending (about 15%) really do you think they would kill his own golden chicken?

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Quote from: BitcoinXio on August 02, 2016, 02:35:50 PM

Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

The question will be whether this was a "hack" or an inside job with "hack" as the excuse. ;-) All too often it is the later while blaming the former.

One hopes that as part of their business they included insurance for this type of event.

bhokor

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Quote from: BitcoinXio on August 02, 2016, 02:35:50 PM

Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

Hi do we have some infor about the quantity of btc compromised ?, i am looking like a crazy some people say 1400 btc but i cant find info about Sad

, i hope all can be solved soon

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Popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has been hacked and the site has been taken down while the exchange investigates exactly what happened and cooperates with law enforcement.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/bitfinex-hacked-exchange-goes-offline-during-investigation/

Update:

Confirmed: $61.8 million stolen from Bitfinex in exchange heist
Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/confirmed-61-8-million-stolen-from-bitfinex-in-exchange-heist/

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