Hackers hit South Korean cryptocurrency exchange

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Hackers hit South Korean cryptocurrency exchange

Sends bitcoin price tumbling.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said it was hacked over the weekend, sparking a steep fall in bitcoin amid renewed concerns about security at virtual currency exchanges as global policy makers struggled to regulate trading in the digital asset. In a statement on its website on ...

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