Hackers steal 120,000 coins: a total value of about $ 75 million-hackers, cyber crime, bitcoin-IT information

Beijing time on August 3, Bitfinex said in a statement on the currency exchange exchange a security flaw is discovered, was suspended from trading the hacking caused some users up to 119756 coins were stolen, valued at approximately US $ 75 million . Under the influence of this message, global currency prices fell 25%.

The company said, is looking into what the user was hacked, in view of a security vulnerability, has suspended all currency transactions and stop the operation of the company Web site.

Bitfinex Exchange said on its website: "today we discovered a security vulnerability on the Bitfinex platform, this has to make us stop Bitfinex all transactions, we will suspend the full coin coin business. We also know that some users of coins had been stolen, we are investigating on this vulnerability to determine which users are affected. In conducting the investigation and protection of the environment at the same time, bitfinex.com will temporarily cease to function, and to protect the page instead. We do keep track of reports on this issue. We also cooperate with law enforcement authorities to investigate. ”

Worth noting is that this isn't the first time Bitfinex problems. In late June this year, Bitfinex was suspended from trading because of inspection issues, currency prices triggered a night almost 10%.

黑客盗取12万比特币：总价值约7500万美元 - 黑客,网络犯罪,比特币 - IT资讯

北京时间8月3日凌晨，比特币交易所Bitfinex发布公告称交易所发现安全漏洞，因此暂停交易，此次黑客攻击导致一些用户多达119756比特币被盗，总价值约为7500万美元。受此消息影响，全球比特币价格应声下跌25%。

该公司表示，正在调查哪些用户被黑客入侵，鉴于发现了一个安全漏洞，目前已暂停所有比特币交易及停止运作公司网站。

Bitfinex交易所在其官网上表示：“今天我们在Bitfinex平台上发现了一个安全漏洞，这不得不使我们停止Bitfinex的所有交易，同时我们也将暂停充币提币等业务。我们也知道一些用户的比特币已经被盗，目前我们正在就此漏洞展开调查，以判断哪些用户受到影响。在进行调查和保护交易环境的同时，bitfinex.com将临时性停止运作，并以维护页面替代。就此事件我们将做持续跟踪报道。我们也与执法部门合作展开调查。”

值得注意的是，这不是Bitfinex第一次出现问题。今年6月下旬，Bitfinex就曾因设施检查问题暂停交易，引发比特币价格一夜暴跌近10%。