The famous webσελίδα Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox is offline amid reports that it has suffered a fairly large virtual currency hack.
The Tokyo-based website's URL returns blank this morning, according to Associated Press
Meanwhile panic has been created on the other Bitcoin exchange sites that released a joint statement stating that they are working to reassure their customers that the funds are under their control and that the transactions are carried out safely.
The statement says Mt.Gox's downtime should not be seen as a reflection on the value of Bitcoin or the digital industry in general. currency.
It is a "strategic crisis" claims a rumor circulating in the Internet as an internal Mt.Gox document states that more than 740.000 are missing Bitcoins from the exchange page, which froze all withdrawals earlier this month.
