The have returned the office building back to Cryptopia and to resume . However, the exchange is not ready to renew its activity, according to a message purportedly sent by a Cryptoptia staff member on the official Discord on Feb. 24.
After the that led to more than $16.1 million stolen from the crypto exchange, New Zealand had an investigation along with international law enforcement to track the .
The initial hacking attack began on Jan. 15 and reportedly about two weeks, with funds removed from tens of thousands of the exchange’s () wallets.
According to the statement pinned on the Cryptopia Discord channel by an admin, while the local authorities are not constraining the exchange from resuming its activity, the company doesn’t intend to do so immediately. Explaining why, the message notes:
“While the Police statement that they are no longer constraining our return to operations and , it would be extremely reckless for us to do this until we can fully identify the losses and ensure that the balance is absolutely secure.”
The statement also points out that in New Zealand legislation, it is illegal for a company to allow reckless that places creditor assets and property at risk.
In other judicial , Cointelegraph today that law enforcement has recovered and returned over $104,000 stolen from the , which experienced a hack of 120,000 in 2016.
Also recently, that -based crypto brokerage Coinmama — which allows users to purchase () and using a credit card — has suffered a major data breach affecting 450,000 of its users.
Published at Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:05:40 +0000
