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Hackers steal over ₹222 crore from Tokyo crypto exchange
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Saturday, 13 July, 2019
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has suspended its services after it discovered hackers have stolen about 3.5 billion yen (over ₹222 crore) in various digital currencies. About 2.5 billion yen (about ₹159 crore) of the missing currency was customer funds while the rest was owned by Remixpoint, which operates the exchange. Remixpoint said it would compensate customers for the losses.
read more at The Guardian