Korean Bitcoin Exchange Bithumb Keeps Quiet On Lost Funds, Compensates Hacked Users
South Korean Bitcoin exchange Bithumb is yet to confirm user reports of “tens of millions” of Won stolen from their accounts.
In comments this week following a hacking attempt Thursday, Bithumb, which handles more volume than any other South Korean exchange, confirmed customer data had “leaked” but said funds were safe.
“Employee PCs were hacked, not the headquarters server,” a source said, quoted by local news resource Kyunghyang Shinmun.
In a subsequent blog post, the exchange stated it would be issuing compensation worth 100,000 won ($86.83) to each customer whose data had fallen to hackers.
While this data includes phone numbers and email addresses, Kyunghyang Shinmun reports, customers are less than satisfied, telling the publication hackers had gained access to their accounts and removed Bitcoins.
“Our account passwords were hacked as well as our phone number and money was withdrawn,” one said.
we need a way to track down these hackers and lock them up, this doesn't give confidence to new investors!
Man people reading this who think about investing in crypto would totally turn away because this is a big concern people have, heck i had this concern when i started and still sort of do.