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Cryptocurrency Ecosystem => Crypto Exchanges => Topic started by: teamfearless on January 15, 2019, 07:46:36 PM
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Do you Think Cryptopia Was hacked Or They are just Trying To Run Away with peoples money !!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw76wLqUcAIfiFl.jpg:large)
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I have no idea to conclude it now. I think you are better to always follow the update, and give the time to Cryptopia team to fix the problem. It makes sense to stop the activity on exchange temporarily to prevent the more losses.
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I don't think they would have alerted the police/government agencies if they were going to run away with the money.
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Do you Think Cryptopia Was hacked Or They are just Trying To Run Away with peoples money !!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw76wLqUcAIfiFl.jpg:large)
Sorry, mate, but what you provided is only an image, but you failed to add the source where you got it. Also, according to this source (https://bitcoinist.com/cryptopia-exchange-hacked/),
the said announcement didn’t specify the amount of the damages. However, 43 hours ago, an ETH transaction (https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8a7c2b34f23eee02401e7c3fa1ea2ce8d3132e7ca3811d673ca35898c9535aae) took place, seeing 19,390 ETH moving out of Cryptopia’s tagged wallet to an unknown address. The value of the ETH transferred is a little more than $2.5 million.
When trying to access Cryptopia’s website, users get the following message:
(https://bitcoinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/maintenance-cryptopia.png)
It’s worth noting that the first official tweet on the exchange’s official Twitter profile regarding the maintenance is from January 13th, saying:
"We are currently experiencing unscheduled maintenance, we are working to resume services as soon as possible. We will keep you updated."
This was two days ago.
The First Exchange Hacked in 2019
Cryptopia becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to be hacked in the new 2019.
This has quickly been picked up by the cryptocurrency community as popular Bitcoin proponent Whale Pand (@WhalePanda), said that the exchange has become rather irrelevant.
He also added that it’s somewhat “interesting” that the attack took place during a bear market where small exchanges struggle to stay afloat, hinting that the possibility of an inside job cannot be rule out.
The market hasn’t been moved by the news yet.
At the same time, the team has made it clear that the appropriate Government Agencies, the NZ Police, and the High Tech Crimes Unit have been informed and are working jointly on investigating the matter.
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Binance freezes funds stolen in Cryptopia hack
Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has confirmed that the exchange has been able to freeze some of the funds stolen in the Cryptopia hack calling the movement of crypto to Binance a “high risk” maneuver.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just checked, we were able to freeze some of the funds. I don't understand why the hackers keep sending to Binance. Social media will be pretty fast to report it, and we will freeze it. It's a high risk maneuver for them. <a href="https://t.co/i0PeahLzic">https://t.co/i0PeahLzic</a></p>— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) <a href="https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1085511601665368065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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https://cryptonewsreview.com/breaking-binance-freezes-funds-stolen-in-cryptopia-hack/