2012-09-05 theregister.co.uk - Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist

[julz]

Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist
Bitfloor says 24,000 BTC pinched through unencrypted backup


Simon Sharwood
2012-09-05


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/05/bitfloor_heist/

Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor has suspended its operations while it tries to figure out who pinched 24,000 units of the virtual currency by accessing an unencrypted backup and using information it contained to transfer 24,000 BTC to destinations unknown.
...

Article reproduced at packetstormsecurity.org