@WTFRLY ★★ Secretive Internet currency’s server hacked; money stolen

Secretive Internet currency’s server hacked; money stolen — RT

rt.com 30 Aug '12, 7pm

@WTFRLY ★★ Secretive Internet currency’s server hacked; money stolen

Upwards of $90,000 worth of Bitcoins have been stolen from an exchange service website this week, marking the second time in nearly two months that the cyber-currency has been compromised due to a security breach. The administrators of Bitcoinica, a website that allows Bitcoin holders to trade in their e-currency for a value in US dollars, say that an attacker infiltrated their servers on May 11 and depleted the company’s online wallet of 18,547 virtual currency coins — worth roughly $87,000 USD. As a result, the website has suspended their transaction service while they open up an investigation to try to identify who broke into their servers and how the breach was accomplished. Upon noticing a series of unusual transactions, the website’s owners say they shut down their servers and locked down accounts as a precaution, but assured its users that their “trading and financi...

Full article: http://rt.com/usa/news/internet-stolen-bitcoin-currency-226/

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