Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Second major Bitcoin heist this month allegedly takes over $1 million

Second major Bitcoin heist this month allegedly takes over $1 million
Nov 26th 2013, 16:01, by Jacob Kastrenakes

Hackers have allegedly stolen over a thousand bitcoins from the European payment processor BIPS in a theft that's now valued at over $1 million. BIPS tells Mashable that most of the bitcoins — 1,295 in total — came from the company's own holdings, but "several consumer wallets" were also compromised in the hack. The payment provider says that it was initially hit with a DDoS attack on November 15th, followed by a second attack on November 17th that managed to take the funds. Though BIPS disclosed some information on the attack just two days later, full details don't appear to have been given until last Friday.

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