Japan's Tech Bureau says about $60 mln stolen in crypto hack
20/09/2018 01:18
TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Japanese startup Tech Bureau Corp
said on Thursday its cryptocurrency exchange Zaif had been
hacked, with losses of Bitcoin and two other digital currencies
estimated at about 6.7 billion yen ($59.67 million).
Following the hack, Tech Bureau said it had agreed with
JASDAQ-listed Fisco Ltd 3807.T to receive a 5 billion yen
investment in exchange for majority ownership.
The start-up said in a statement its exchange had been
hacked into over a two-hour period on Sept. 14. It detected
server problems on Sept. 17, confirmed the hack the following
day, and notified authorities, the firm said.
The incident follows the high-profile theft of $530 million
earlier this year at Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck Inc in one of the world's biggest cyber heists that
forced regulators to order stepped-up risk management protocols.
Coincheck has since been taken over by Japanese online brokerage
Monex Group Inc 8698.T . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1PO1I1
Tech Bureau said about 2.2 billion yen worth of the stolen
currency was its own, and about 4.5 billion yen belonged to
customers.
($1 = 112.2900 yen)
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim
Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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