Tokyo-based Coincheck Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked and stolen more than $500 Million Worth NEM cryptocurrency by unknown hackers and it could be one of the Biggest hacking in the Cryptocurrency history.
Coincheck Announced that they are going to refund 523 million NEM for approximately 260,000 holders in a coincheck wallet in Japanese yen and it will be processing through Coindesk’s own fund.
不正に送金された仮想通貨NEMの保有者に対する補償方針について | コインチェック株式会社 https://t.co/acsKtdb2dN
— Coincheck(コインチェック) (@coincheckjp) January 27, 2018
Coincheck is one of the major Cryptocurrency exchange platforms in Japan and the exchange had over $160 million transactions per month.
Due to this major cyber attack, Coin check has been halted all the operations so Deposits made to make to customer accounts will not be reflected to customer balance.
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Coincheck Restricted all withdrawals from the platform and currently halting sales and purchases of NEM Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. NEM is now 10th Largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $7.6Billion.
【Coincheck payment機能の一部停止について】
2018年1月27日17:00頃（日本時間）より、Coincheck paymentの一部機能が停止いたしますことをお知らせいたします。
ご迷惑をおかけいたしまして申し訳ございません。何卒、よろしくお願い申し上げます。https://t.co/cOA8uQzq5Y— Coincheck(コインチェック) (@coincheckjp) January 27, 2018
Coincheck said in the press conference that it held the NEM coins in a “hot” wallet, referring to a method of storage that is linked to the internet
Experts believe that Coincheck was not using multi-signature and aditional level security in cryptocurrency transactions.
But Coincheck investigating this attack about how it was compromised and how many customers were exactly affected.
A Press conference that atttend by Coincheck CEO said, “We are deeply sorry for troubling people with this issue , we will soon resume all the operation but it is unclear when the exchange will be able to resume transactions.
Also he said, the company didn’t know how the 500 million tokens went missing, and the firm is working to ensure the safety of all client assets.’
NEM Foundation vice president Jeff McDonald said, “We are trying to help them. We are tracking the funds that have been taken,”
Currently, investigation of cause is a top priority. As soon as the cause is known, we will take measures to prevent recurrence as soon as possible. Coincheck said.
