NiceHash hacked!

[wilberthh]

Have you guys heard of this?

 

Hackers have stolen over $73 million in bitcoin after cryptocurrency mining platform NiceHash reported a security breach yesterday.

NiceHash, which lets people offer their computer capacity for bitcoin miners to mine cryptocurrencies in exchange for bitcoin, initially said yesterday morning on Twitter that it was undergoing ‘maintenance.’ A message posted to its website, however, now shows that its service is ‘unavailable,’ highlighting that a security breach had occurred and that all operations would cease for the next 24 hours.

In a statement, the company said:

“Importantly, our payment system was compromised and the contents of the NiceHash Bitcoin wallet have been stolen. We are working to verify the precise number of BTC taken. Clearly, this is a matter of deep concern and we are working hard to rectify the matter in the coming days. In addition to undertaking our own investigation, the incident has been reported to the relevant authorities and law enforcement and we are co-operating with them as a matter of urgency.”

While the team didn’t disclose the amount of bitcoin stolen, a wallet address has been circulated by NiceHash users suggesting that 4,736.42 bitcoin has been stolen, a figure, at the time of publishing, that puts its value at $73.1 million.

Here is the full article : http://ethereumworldnews.com/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-mining-platform-nicehash-hacked-73-million-reportedly-stolen/ (Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Platform NiceHash Hacked: $73 Million Reportedly Stolen - Ethereum World News).

[remember]

25 minutes ago, wilberthh said:

Have you guys heard of this?

 

Hackers have stolen over $73 million in bitcoin after cryptocurrency mining platform NiceHash reported a security breach yesterday.

NiceHash, which lets people offer their computer capacity for bitcoin miners to mine cryptocurrencies in exchange for bitcoin, initially said yesterday morning on Twitter that it was undergoing ‘maintenance.’ A message posted to its website, however, now shows that its service is ‘unavailable,’ highlighting that a security breach had occurred and that all operations would cease for the next 24 hours.

In a statement, the company said:

“Importantly, our payment system was compromised and the contents of the NiceHash Bitcoin wallet have been stolen. We are working to verify the precise number of BTC taken. Clearly, this is a matter of deep concern and we are working hard to rectify the matter in the coming days. In addition to undertaking our own investigation, the incident has been reported to the relevant authorities and law enforcement and we are co-operating with them as a matter of urgency.”

While the team didn’t disclose the amount of bitcoin stolen, a wallet address has been circulated by NiceHash users suggesting that 4,736.42 bitcoin has been stolen, a figure, at the time of publishing, that puts its value at $73.1 million.

Here is the full article : http://ethereumworldnews.com/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-mining-platform-nicehash-hacked-73-million-reportedly-stolen/ (Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Platform NiceHash Hacked: $73 Million Reportedly Stolen - Ethereum World News).

I wonder why they are so good. A large amount of money is protected with high security layers. That is a huge amount of money. If it can not get back that is a loss for the people

[wilberthh]

1 hour ago, remember said:

I wonder why they are so good. A large amount of money is protected with high security layers. That is a huge amount of money. If it can not get back that is a loss for the people

This makes me remember of a quote from "Who Am I"movie which is : "no system is safe"

 

1 hour ago, dreramon said:

Wow that's insane I am wondering if this incident has anything to do with the recent down time in getting transactions confirmed. 

Hahahaha could be! or miners are thinking something else

[remember]

43 minutes ago, wilberthh said:

This makes me remember of a quote from "Who Am I"movie which is : "no system is safe"

 

Hahahaha could be! or miners are thinking something else

how if they can break 2fa on stake and take all money away  ( but my balance is zero) fuck hackers

[skillex]

such a sad news for NiceHash, for all legit paying company out there yet nicehashed was hacked. Well really "No system is safe" phrase is true for hackers nowadays.

[wilberthh]

31 minutes ago, skillex said:

such a sad news for NiceHash, for all legit paying company out there yet nicehashed was hacked. Well really "No system is safe" phrase is true for hackers nowadays.

Indeed! stay secure

 

12 minutes ago, SuddenlyBroke said:

Yes just read about this Wilberthh, thanks for sharing! As with so many of these hack stories seems like the breach was down to human error!

It's quite funny how as soon as these articles are published the figures are out of date! 

I wonder if exchanges like this can take out insurance against this kind of hack? I guess even if they could social engineering would be exempt from any insurance claim? I guess the huge sums of money involved means it would be hard to get an insurer to approve a policy. 

I don't think they can I even wonder if the insurance want to accept them to start with

[Erdene]

Yeah I know, also Antpool, blockchain, bitfinex, hashflare, coinbase were down for some time. Blockchain unconfirmed transactions still can't recover  

[barbaris]

Hackers are everywhere. We must go to the hacker courses for dummies. Maybe I can take a couple of million.

[Grifter]

i've heard some rumors about nicehash when it comes on mining electroneum, they said, nicehash is great,. because of nicehash, people are so thankful for it...

but i don't really know whats the cause of it...

[Snike]

imagine you invested in their business and lost like 50k USD  That would suck... My feelings go to the investors

[ktfor57]

No safe is safe. Hacker can get what they want. Was just wondering how safe is 2fa code ? 

[Snike]

I would be interested in knowing if anyone here actually lost something on there or invested there...

[KNOWN]

I know a friend who lost 0.01 on there... 4700 bitcoins is a crazy amount... is any mining platform safe?

[testB]

16 hours ago, dreramon said:

Wow that's insane I am wondering if this incident has anything to do with the recent down time in getting transactions confirmed. 

Not at all. That's due to the network being congested.