Over 30,000 user data have been stolen, the economic damage is in the order of millions of euros. As Korean government agencies investigate, the site promises to repay users.
Korean news agency Yonhap News recently announced that Bithumb.com, the world's fourth-largest criptovalute trading site, has been hacked. The site, which mainly deals with Bitcoin and Ethereum currencies, is based in South Korea, where it holds up to 75 percent of the market.
A first release, published by the company on its blog, states that although an employee has stolen his laptop, no user data would be stolen; However, due to the pressure of local media and the fact that a growing number of users have started to suffer economic damage, Bithumb has been forced to release a new statement in which he admits a huge leak of user data, presents his apologies and Declares its willingness to repay any involved user with an amount of 100,000 won (about € 76), plus to compensate for the loss of data theft.
According to Bravenewcoin.com, the hacker attack has compromised the personal data of 31,800 users, 3 percent of the members of the site.
In addition, a survey reveals that users who have suffered significant economic damage are about a hundred: a user in particular claims to have been theft of well over 1.2 billion won (just under one million euros) Information has not been confirmed by official sources.
The severity of the incident led to the Korean Internet & Security Agency (the organization that manages the entire South Korean Internet Space) to open an investigation, with the collaboration of the Korea Communications Commission.
For the time being, no hacker group has declared the attacker's paternity, but it must be remembered that in South Korea, the Internet is heavily subjected to monitoring and censorship by a number of governmental entities, so it may be short news About the story.
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