Polish crypto exchange employee in induced coma after armed attack
On Jan. 22, an attacker shot two employees at a cryptocurrency and gold exchange in the Polish city of Olsztyn, escaping with over $120,000 in gold. Polish police have detained a suspect in an armed attack on FlyingAtom, a cryptocurrency and gold exchange in the city of Olsztyn in northeastern Poland. The incident, which occurred around 7 p.m. local time on Jan. 22, resulted in the injuries of two employees — one of whose situation was severe enough to necessitate an induced coma.According to local media reports from Jan. 23, the masked attacker escaped with gold worth 450,000 zloty....
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After last week's hacking attack forced the site to temporarily shut down, Polish bitcoin exchange Bitcurex resumed service on 18th March. The platform said the perpetrators did not manage to break its security measures and gain full access to its operational hot wallet. "Today, we launch trade in Polish zlotys, and on Thursday at 12:00 local time in euros to ensure our support team has sufficient capacity of handling bids in this important period," Filip Godecki, a representative of Bitcurex, told CoinDesk. As earlier reported, the exchange decided to temporarily close its site on 14th of....
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