Bitcoin continues to take one hit after another. Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has announced the suspension of its services as it was accepting attacks denial-of-service (DoS).
The company's services have been suspended due to “inconsistent results reported in its customers' bitcoin wallets. The “inconsistent Results” were caused by an ongoing denial-of-service attack that managed to “temporarily stop transaction control.”
The company reports that its customers' deposits are not at risk. The withdrawals of 10 and 11 in February were canceled.
According to team security του Bitstamp, η επίθεση DDoS επέφερε κάποιες “παρεξηγήσεις στις εφαρμογές των bitcoin wallets.” Μια ενημέρωση κώδικα software who will have to face these misconceptions is getting ready.
The Bitcoins exchange service says its services will be back "soon".
Greek Andreas Antonopoulos, Blockchain CSO, told TribLIVE that they received an "annoying attack" that slowed down Bitstamp's accounting system and transactions.
