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North Korea 'hacked crypto-currency exchange in South'
Source: BBC
North Korea 'hacked crypto-currency exchange in South'
16 December 2017
South Korea's spy agency believes that North Korea is behind hacking attacks on a crypto-currency exchange in the South, sources say.
At least $7m (£5.25m) in digital money was stolen in the hacks - although the money is now said to have ballooned in value to $82.7m.
The thieves also stole the personal information of some 30,000 people.
They were trading the virtual currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Bithumb crypto-currency exchange.
Based on recent trading volumes, Bithumb is South Korea's biggest and one of the five largest in the world.
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16 December 2017
South Korea's spy agency believes that North Korea is behind hacking attacks on a crypto-currency exchange in the South, sources say.
At least $7m (£5.25m) in digital money was stolen in the hacks - although the money is now said to have ballooned in value to $82.7m.
The thieves also stole the personal information of some 30,000 people.
They were trading the virtual currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Bithumb crypto-currency exchange.
Based on recent trading volumes, Bithumb is South Korea's biggest and one of the five largest in the world.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42378638
