Did a Bitcoin Exchange Just Lose 12% of Its Bitcoins? Possible Bitstamp Hack Address Contains 18,866 Stolen BTC
A bitcoin address containing ~18,866 bitcoins may hold the stolen bitcoins from the Bitstamp hack on January 4th. Bitstamp confirmed last night that "we have reason to believe that one of Bitstamp's operational wallets was compromised on January 4th, 2015." According to data maintained by Bitstamp users keeping an eye on the public Bitcoin blockchain, Bitstamp may have been "hacked" for 12% of its bitcoins. UPDATE: Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Confirms Loss of ~18,866 BTC (~$5 million USD) from Hot Wallet. Bitstamp has repeatedly reminded its users, who are currently locked out of the site,....
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Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodrič has confirmed in a statement that "less than 19,000 BTC" was stolen due to a Bitstamp operational wallet being compromised. CCN has previously reported on this Bitcoin wallet, which seems to hold 18,866 BTC that was clearly siphoned away from Bitstamp hot wallets during the alleged timeframe of the Bitstamp hack. Notably, Kodrič does not use the word "hack" in any of his statements to reassure users that their personal information is safe. It could also lend credence to Jackson Palmer's theory that a weak RNG attack is responsible for the lost funds; though,....
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