Bitcoin Firm Coinapult Restores Services Following Hack

Bitcoin Firm Coinapult Restores Services Following Hack

Bitcoin storage provider and payment processor Coinapult is back online following a hack-related outage last month. Following a series of security improvements, Coinapult users can now deposit funds and 'lock' and 'unlock' their bitcoin to fiat currencies or assets. They were previously given login access on 21st March and withdrawals were re-enabled five days later. The hot wallet attack, which occurred on 17th March, resulted in the loss of 150 BTC (approximately $42,900). Coinapult announced it was halting all operations via Twitter the same day. At the time, Coinapult COO and CFO....


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