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Cryptocurrencies => Mining => Topic started by: secco on December 07, 2017, 02:55:38 PM

Title: $62 Million Gone? Cryptocurrency Mining Market NiceHash Hacked
Post by: secco on December 07, 2017, 02:55:38 PM
The cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash has been hacked, its team said Wednesday.

Posting on social media, NiceHash said that "there has been a security breach involving NiceHash website" resulting in a loss of funds. NiceHash, formed in 2014, serves as a marketplace for miners to rent out their hash rate to others.

The announcement follows an hours-long outage and reports from a multitude of users that their NiceHash-associated wallets had been emptied. NiceHash previously announced that it was "under maintenance," a message that it had posted to its official website as well...

https://www.coindesk.com/62-million-gone-cryptocurrency-mining-market-nicehash-hacked/