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Japanese Exchange Zaif Loses up to $60M in Hack

Published 09/20/2018, 03:50 AM
Updated 09/20/2018, 05:01 AM
 Japanese Exchange Zaif Loses up to $60M in Hack
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Zaif, one of the leading Japanese exchanges, has reported a hack that happened a few days ago. Losses in Bitcoin (BTC) amount to around $37 million (5,966 BTC), with additional withdrawals suspected in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and MonaCoin (MONA), taking the total loss to around $60 million.

https://twitter.com/kaykurokawa/status/1042490523897028609

The exchange specified the date of the hack as September 14, when a hot wallet was used to illegally withdraw funds in BTC, BCH, and MONA. The exact...


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