Bitcoin Exchange Hacked, Loses $65 Million
Source: Wall Street Journal
Bitfinex, an exchange for digital currency bitcoin, said it had been hacked and may have lost as much as $65 million worth of bitcoins. The hack marks of one of the largest thefts in bitcoin history.
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/video/bitcoin-exchange-hacked-loses-65-million/6C27B86C-8C4D-44A1-B3BD-ACB1910F77F7.html
Imagine that phoney money gets stolen again, shinny beads would be better in your pocket
C_U_L8R
(45,052 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)IronLionZion
(45,700 posts)he should put it all in bitcoin
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)DorothyG
(95 posts)PSPS
(13,655 posts)That's why it's used for paying ransom, drug deals, child porn, etc.
ansible
(1,718 posts)Stories like these make me wary of the whole thing, are there any trustworthy services you can use?
Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)They hate bitcoin as much as they hate the deep web. It's outside of their banking control and it's as close to truly anonymous as can be. They'd shut it all down in a hot second if they could.
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)Javaman
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