Bithumb, one of the most important sites for the Bitcoin exchange, has been hacked

Today it is being announced that during the weekend a cyber attack against Bithumb, which is among the four most important bitcoin exchange houses in the world, is even the largest in South Korea due to the volume of Transactions you handle daily.

This attack has caused some clients' information to leak, as well as losses of several billion won, as some customers report that their portfolios were emptied from day to day in an inexplicable way.

This attack has resulted in the leakage of some customers' information, as well as losses of several billion won, as some clients report that their portfolios were emptied from one day to the next in an inexplicable way. The investigation of the site, the attack was against the personal computer of one of its employees and never had access to the central servers, so it has only filtered personal information of users. It appears that such information was used by hackers to contact users posing as Bithumb representatives, resulting in phishing practices for the emptying of some bitcoin purses.

Bithumb has confirmed that in the coming days will compensate some customers with a maximum 100,000 won, this in case the company can verify that the user information was exposed and the loss of bitcoin was due to hacking. Despite this, more than 100 affected users have already initiated legal proceedings for a class action lawsuit against Bithumb, whom they accuse of being responsible for the lost funds.

The bad news is that apparently this demand will not proceed because there is no regulation around the criptomonedas, which are not recognized in that country. That is why some lawmakers seek to push the law on electronic financial transactions and give the cryptoneuros a legal position, just as it happened in Japan on April 1. However, there is still a long way for this bill to be approved, in addition to only companies with operations of more than 500 million won, this with the aim of not encouraging illegal practices between individuals.