Actors tied to the isolated nation have been involved in
attacks on crypto exchanges in South Korea, a prominent U.S.cybersecurity firm said.
Not exact matches
The Bitcoin correction we wrote about yesterday was not caused by a DDOS
attack on one of the largest Bitcoin
exchanges, Mt.Gox, but rather by a massive spike in interest in the
crypto currency, according to Mt.Gox.
Meanwhile, we reported
on a series of DDoS
attacks made against the Kraken bitcoin
exchange and other
crypto - related domain names.
Crypto assets are in a broad consolidation phase following China's regulatory
attack on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency
exchanges.
© Reuters Digital currency trading is big business in South Korea South Korea's spy agency believes that North Korea is behind hacking
attacks on a
crypto - currency
exchange in the South, sources say.
While the
crypto - market suffers from regular hacker
attacks on crypto -
exchanges and multi-million dollar thefts, Bitfinex together with the EOS project announces their plans to launch a decentralized
exchange platform.
In particular, long - term bitcoin enthusiast Tuur Demeester says that China's
attack on cryptos will lead to a budding community of decentralized
exchanges.
The number of DDoS
attacks on crypto -
exchanges in the third quarter of 2017 has increased by 36 % year to year.
After the hack
attack on Binance
crypto exchange, other
exchange platforms have been blocked in China.
«We are looking for further measures,» the JBA emphasized, adding that its
crypto exchange members have been told to «check the status of [their] security based
on the possibility of cyber
attack.»
Do you think reports of continuing North Korean
attacks on South Korean
crypto exchanges will cast shadow over «United Korea» Olympics?
The new information about ongoing hacking
attacks on South Korean
crypto exchanges, reportedly sponsored by the North, comes days before the official start of Pyeongchang 2018 (9 — 25 February).