Hacked Bitpoint Exchange discovered the loss of cryptocurrency for another $ 2.3 million

The licensed Bitcoin Japan Bitcoin Exchange, which fell victim to a hacker attack late last week, discovered a loss of 250 million yen ($ 2.3 million) in cryptocurrency equivalent, reports The Mainichi.

So, these assets were stolen at foreign trading floors using the Bitpoint Japan system.

On Friday, the exchange suspended all operations and reported the theft of 3.5 billion yen, but at the moment the damage is estimated at 3.02 billion yen.

According to the official statement, Bitpoint Japan kept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Ethereum and Litecoin on hot wallets that hackers apparently managed to crack.

Recall, it is known that most of the funds belonged to users, and not the exchange itself.

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