The Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange Altsbit announced that it has suffered a security breach that led to the theft of its customer’s funds.
Crypto-currency exchange Altsbit recently disclosed a security breach, the company claimed that hackers have stolen almost all its customers’ deposits.
The Italian
Contrary to what initially declared, in an update p
“On February 5, 2020 the exchange Altsbit suffered an attack by hackers, in the attack unfortunately a certain quantity of coins were stolen from the platform. After a careful
Unfortunately, Altsbit exchange declared not having the possibility to compensate for the stolen funds, for this reason,
- BTC Lost 6,929 coins out of 14,782 – 7.853 will be returned to users. 53.10% (Refunded)
- ETH Lost 23,21 out of 32,262 – 9.052 will be returned to users. 28.06% (Refunded)
- ARRR Lost 3924082 out of 9619754 – 5695672 will be returned to users 59.20% (Refunded)
- VRSC Lost 414154 out of 852726 – 438572 will be returned to users 51.24% (Refunded)
- KMD Lost 1066 out of 48015 – 46949 will be returned to users. 97.77% (Refunded)
“The site said users who saw losses must apply for their partial refunds. The
- login to exchange
- click on “funding” at the “exchange” page top
- click on “withdraw”
- fill the address and sum (pay attention to new balance)
- fill the verification email or 2FA code
click on “withdraw”.
At the time it is not clear who is behind the attack, hacking group @LulzSec has claimed responsibility for the hack.
Some users online speculate that the incident is a coverage for an exit scam.
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(SecurityAffairs – Altsbit, hacking)
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