Hackers are stealing bitcoins
In NiceHash said that appealed to law enforcement agencies in connection with the incident
The company NiceHash, which is engaged in providing rental services of computer power for the mining of cryptocurrencies, announced that hackers broke into its payment system and stole bitcoins worth more than $ 70 million.
A message posted on the company’s page in Facebook, which was received by the world’s media.
It is reported that the company then suspended all activities for 24 hours.
The head of the marketing Department NiceHash Andrew Skraba stated that the bitcoin wallet company stole about $ 4.7 million bitcoins. During the course of cryptocurrencies in 15474 dollars, according to Coin Market Cap, it turns out that the attackers have stolen bitcoins more than $ 70 million.
In NiceHash said that appealed to law enforcement agencies in connection with the incident.
Recall bitcoin has set a second record for the day – already more than $15 thousand.