Confidence in bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies collapses a bit more. After Coincheck at the beginning of the year, whose piracy caused the theft of $ 530 million in cryptocurrencies, then that of Coinrail ($ 40 million according to estimates), it is the turn of the platform The Korean exchange Bithumb will suffer a theft of $ 30 millions.
Security: $ 30 million deviated from the Korean platform Bithumb, reducing the price of the cryptocurrency.
As usual, this attack caused a new heat stroke in the course of bitcoin, which fell to $ 6560 before re-taking and settling around $ 6700. In early June, the virtual currency was still evolving around $ 7,500 far from its peak of $ 19,000. To ease concerns, Bithumb announced that it will compensate for the losses of its customers.
The value of the cryptocurrency has skyrocketed in 2017, arousing the interest of cybercriminals and highlighting the lack of security of many companies involved in this sector. As a result, flights multiply and losses expand.
An estimated $ 1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies has been stolen since the beginning of 2017, according to the anti-phishing working group (quoted by Reuters). This estimate includes declared and undeclared flights.
The report also states that only 20% or less of this cryptocurrency of stolen currency has been recovered. The police would have significant difficulties in identifying the cybercriminals involved.
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