New attack on Bitfinex reaches $ 1.3 million in Bitcoins

An anonymous user of Bitfinex, based in Massachussettes, United States, presented a report to the local police claiming that the funds in your account Bitfinex were stolen.

The affected users report explains that the $ 1.3 million in bitcoin were hacked equivalent to an amount of "70,000,000 in Bitcoin" and represent only a fraction of the assets that the user had to even exceed 3 million .

Meanwhile, Bitfinex in an attempt to compensate for stolen users, has committed to reimburse the anonymous losses with a sum of US $ 720,000, claiming that it is no binding agreement requiring the company to pay in such cases.

This is not the first time the company Bitfinex are successfully attacked. Last August this important exchange located in Hong Kong announced through the social network Reddit, theft in several of its portfolio reaching 119,756 BTC.

Although officially Bitfinex on his blog made a statement that has just announced that a security breach had identified in its trading platform and determined that several portfolios had been committed to the withdrawal of funds.

On the other hand, in mid-September, the company announced changes to users and security measures to restart their activities, they were forced to stop to solve the case of theft raised.

This incident affected the market last month, but now the price of Bitcoin has recovered considerably.

Source: http://criptonoticias.com/seguridad/nuevo-robo-bitfinex-1-3-millones-bitcoins/#axzz4MPyeyAOJ