According to The Guardian,
the apparent hack on WikiLeaks might not have been an outright break - in into the site's servers, allowing OurMine access to sensitive information.
As noted, BitGrail fell victim to
an apparent hack earlier this year on February 8, resulting in the loss of 14 million Nano coins worth $ 187 million at the time.
Concerns are swirling around even legitimate digital currency platforms, after Coincheck — one of Japan's biggest exchanges — lost some $ 530 million in
an apparent hack last week.
The perpetrators of
the apparent hack used the company's own official Twitter feed (renamed «Hacked Team») to communicate.
A search on Facebook shows
the apparent hacks go back as far as this past weekend.
Users of Binance, the top cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trade volume, are reporting suspicious activity in their accounts stemming from
an apparent hack on Reddit, March 7.