The South Korean police have launched an active investigation into the hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, which lost $ 12.6 million as a result of an attack last month, writes the local edition of MoneyToday.

South Korean police admit that hacker who hacked Bithumb wallets was not involved in the company

South Korean police launched an active investigation into the hacking cryptocurrency exchanges Bithumb, which lost $ 12.6 million in an attack last month. writes local MoneyToday edition.

On March 30, Bithumb announced that it suspects its own employees of hacking. "An internal audit showed that this incident could be considered an" incident involving insiders, "" the company said at the time..

This week, the police began investigating external servers and IP addresses that may be related to this attack., in this way allowing, what is she may have been hosted by non-Bithumb employees. The department recognized that the investigation of crimes committed using the Internet causes certain difficulties, regardless of whether the attacker is associated with the company or not..

A Bithumb representative in a conversation with MoneyToday once again confirmed that only the company's operating funds became the prey of the attackers, while the clients' assets are completely safe in cold wallets..

also in this monday became known, that Bithumb raised $ 200 million from Japanese blockchain fund ST.

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