Hackers stole bitcoins worth $41 million. The management of Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, reported the incident. This is the last of a series of major cryptocurrency thefts around the world. According to a report by CEO Zhao Changpeng published on the Binance website, 7,000 bitcoins were stolen by hackers using various methods, "including phishing, viruses and other attacks." The report says that the users' funds will not be affected, because the company will use the stabilization fund to cover the losses.
After the news was published in the early stages, the price of bitcoin fell by 4.2 percent, although later on the cryptocurrency compensated for part of the losses. Zhao announced on Twitter that other crypto currency exchange, including Coinbase, blocked deposits with addresses associated with the burglary. Last year, from crypto-currency exchanges and infrastructure services, such as wallets and exchangers, $950 million worth of bitcoins were stolen, which is almost 260 percent more than in the previous year, a study by the US company for computer security CiptherTrace showed. An analytical assessment confirmed that exchangers in Japan and South Korea accounted for 58 percent of thefts last year. Zhao's report on the Binance website says that deposits and withdrawals from the exchange will be suspended while the company conducts a thorough analysis of security systems, which it estimates will take a week.
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