It's only been a weekteam since the new year and we have our first major cyber crime: The Slovenian Bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp was violated yesterday, and has suspended his services at the moment, according to ZDNet.
A message on Bitstamp's homepage states that one of the company's business wallets was hacked on January 4, 2015. The company subsequently suspended its services. According to the company, nearly 19.000 BTC worth about $5 million have been stolen. One BTC is about $270.
The company states that most of its funds are kept in "cold storage" or "cold storage", i.e. in systems that do not have access online – and only the digital currencies used for frequent online transactions are gone.
The company asked its customers not to make deposits issued at older Bitcoin addresses, to prevent further losses. Bitstamp also stated that "all customers who lost digital currencies prior to the temporary suspension of services will not be affected and the amounts will be paid in full."
Bitstamp has not yet revealed further details of the violation or when it will return. Meanwhile, CEO of Nejc Kodrič has apologized through his Twitter account:
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