Investors were shocked when an accident involving the theft of 35 billion won worth of coins by hacking of the minuomb, the largest virtual currency exchange in Korea, occurred on Tuesday. / The Fact DB
Bithumb, suspected of several hacking attempts
The confidence in the industry is falling as the minuomb, the nation's largest virtual currency exchange, has been stolen in a hacking attack worth 35 billion won.
" Between the night of the previous day (July 19) and dawn on that day, about 35 billion won worth of secret money was stolen, " said the missomb on Sunday. We will cover all of the lost codes with the company's property.
It is estimated that there have been several attempts to hack into the mipset in recent years. " We are conducting an emergency server inspection to provide a more stable trading environment, " the mipsomb posted an emergency server inspection notice on Tuesday.
" There has been a steady increase in abnormal attempts to access these days, " said Bimmumb at the time.
Early this month, malicious e-mails were sent to members of the group. It is heard that the mail is equipped with malicious code that connects to the server of the hacker's command control (C&C). It has not been confirmed whether the hacking was directly related to the hacking, but it seems that there has been a steady attempt by hackers.
On Thursday, the missomb reported the damage to the hacking victims through an emergency announcement. / Capture Bithumb homepage
This is not the first time that a virtual currency exchange in Korea has been hacked. Mipsomb was also attacked in June last year. Although there was no damage to property at the time, personal information such as mobile phone numbers and e-mails of 31,000 people, or about 3 percent of the members, were leaked.
In April last year, Jafizon was robbed of 5.5 billion won worth of coins, and Yubit, whose mission was changed by Yafizon, was hacked, causing 17 billion won in damages. In addition, just 10 days before the incident, coin rails were also stolen from the area on Wednesday, worth 40 billion won.
Investors are feeling more anxious as hacking attacks on virtual currency exchanges continue. In a virtual currency community, one user said, " It is shocking that the minuomb, which I thought would be safe, was also hacked. "