Mintpal Gets Hacked And PoS VeriCoin Has To Fork As A Result
Mintpal, a popular altcoin exchange, has been hacked. In their official announcement of the matter, they revealed that the hacker specifically targeted Mintpal's large VeriCoin holdings. Mintpal was in control of 30% of existing VeriCoin, all of which was stolen by a yet unidentified hacker. Mintpal has emphasized to its users that they are still processing withdrawals for all other coins; however, they have not revealed the exact vector of the attack. Mintpal and other VRC exchanges have worked directly with VeriCoin developers to come up with a seemingly satisfactory solution for all....
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Major altcoin exchange Mintpal has been hacked and an undisclosed amount of VeriCoin has been taken from the exchange. According to a statement posted on the exchange's official blog, the company is working with VeriCoin developers to fork the blockchain and recover the funds. At this time, the exchange is no longer processing VeriCoin withdraws. All other coins can still be withdrawn from the exchange. Mintpal stresses that VeriCoin's network itself is secure and wasn't the cause of the attack. Instead, Mintpal admits that it was its own security that was compromised and seems to imply,....
Moolah has recently picked up Mintpal, the cryptocurrency exchange gaining a lot of publicity recently for events such as the attack with Vericoin ,requiring it to fork. This is a major deal because at the time, Mintpal was currently in possession of 30% of all Vericoin in circulation.Luckily Mintpal and Vericoin developers worked out a solution to thwart the hackers attacks, but something like this still shakes up the public’s trust and opinion of something, in this case an exchange. Mintpal on their official blog said: In regarding the acquisition of Mintpal, Moolah is in fact splitting....
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