Hackers have stolen $60 million US worth of cryptocurrencies from a Japanese digital currency exchange, the operators said Thursday. The exchange was taken offline until details of the damage could be confirmed, and efforts were underway to get it back working, Tech Bureau said. Bithumb — South Korea's second-largest exchange, pictured here — said June 20 that $31 million worth of virtual currencies had been stolen by hackers. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)Earlier this year, the Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck reported a $547 million loss of a cryptocurrency called NEM from suspected criminal hacking. Of the stolen money, $20 million belonged to the company, and the rest were customers' assets, according to Tech Bureau.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2018 19:41 UTC