BTER Claims $1.75 Million in Bitcoin Stolen in Cold Wallet Hack
Digital currency exchange BTER announced that it has lost 7,170 bitcoins, or roughly $1.75 million at press time, in an apparent hack on its cold wallet system. In a statement posted to the China-based exchange's website, the company said that it had shut down its platform in the wake of the attack and that withdrawals for user balances "will be arranged later". A separate post on Chinese social media platform Weibo from BTER claimed that it was working with law enforcement officials on the matter. Initially, BTER had posted on its website that a "security check" was underway and that the....
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Popular Chinese Bitcoin exchange Bter went offline after being struck by a 7,170 BTC theft. The incident first came to the spotlight when some of the Bter users noticed a number of elite transactions moving from Bter's cold wallet to a random Bitcoin wallet address. After their successful completion, the aforesaid amount was further transacted to another wallet, a screenshot of which can be seen below. A few hours after the suspicious Bitcoin fund transfers, Bter issued a notice describing the actuality of this event. "7,170 BTC got stolen from our cold wallet in the transaction," the....
Chinese altcoin exchange BTER was the subject of a monster-sized hack last February that saw to nearly $2 million in bitcoins being stolen from the company's cold wallet reserves. It was the second largest cyberattack of the year, and many felt sympathy towards the exchange; after all, it was one in a long line of recently victimized exchanges and businesses between MyCoin, Excoin and several others, but when the company announced that it wouldn't be able to pay back any stolen funds, sympathy turned to anger and fear, and many began voicing their concerns over the lack of insurance in the....
The newly rebuilt Bter.com, one of the world's largest altcoin trading platforms, has announced that it has joined forces with JUA.com and is stepping up its security system. It has also set forth a plan for repaying all users who lost funds due to a recent theft. On the security side, JUA.com will provide 100 percent cold wallet escrow storage of users' funds, and will gradually take on hot wallet security for deposits and withdrawals as well. Bter has already worked with JUA.com since the hack to review all security-related code, and has completely rebuilt the trading platform's back....
Bter announces plans to refund 20,000 affected customers. It has been a difficult month for Bitcoin exchange Bter. On February 14th, 2015, 7,170 BTC was stolen from the exchange. The company launched efforts to trace the stolen bitcoins which led them to the mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog. In an exclusive interview with CCN, Bter officials explained that about 20,000 users were affected by the heist. The efforts at recovering the money from Bitcoin Fog have so far been unsuccessful. Bter has therefore opted to refund all of their clients who lost their bitcoins, a process that the....
7,170 bitcoins ($1,756,125 at press time) were stolen from the China-based crypto-currency exchange, BTER, when the company’s cold wallet was hacked earlier today. The exchange has since frozen their entire website, while their technical team work to find out what happened. Besides bitcoin, the exchange also facilitated the trade of a basket of altcoins but has not revealed whether their altcoin wallets were affected by the hack. In a post on the Chinese microblogging website, Weibo, the exchange said they will allow the withdrawal of fiat and altcoins soon but did not give a specific time.