ALTSBIT CRYPTO EXCHANGE HACKED - ‘ALMOST ALL FUNDS’ ARE STOLEN

By Otek | Otek | 7 Feb 2020


Altsbit - Italian crypto exchange platform got hacked! 

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The news about the hack was announced by Altsbit in a tweet publishing on 6 February 2020:

Dear users, Unfortunately we have to notify you with the fact that our exchange was hacked during the night and almost all funds from BTC, ETH, ARRR and VRSC were stolen. A small part of the funds are safe on cold wallets.

 

You Can find that tweet here: AltsBit tweet

 

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ALTSBIT was launched in Apr 2018 and it was also formerly known as DigitalPrice.

According to CoinGecko  their 24H VOLUME  was $14,678.81.

From follow-up tweets published by Altbits, it seems that the hackers stole 1,066 Komodo (KMD) tokens and 283,375 Verus (VRSC) ‘coins.’ The value of both stolen cryptos together is about $27,000.

 

Do You ever use that exchange? Do you think they will survive or goes bankruptcy? 

 

 

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