Hackers Takes $12,000 In Bitcoins From Bitinstant

By  |  March 10, 2013
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Hackers have stolen more than $12,000 worth of Bitcoins from online brokerage Bitinstant, according to a TechCrunch report.

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    The hackers used DNS domains and email servers to log into VirWox, another Bitcoin exchange, and then extract the $12,480 from Bitinstant. Bitinstant denied that personal or transactional data was compromised during the attack.

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