After this, the exchange was shutdown.
It is thought that the hack from from ’s hot , and which has around 2% of all the bitoins held by them. This means that “possibly” there is no affect on customer wallets. With , there is virtually no chance of stopping the transaction going forward, once it has been picked up by the miners. In the tweet, mention SAFU, and which is a Secure Asset Fund for Users, and this is thought to be used to compensate for any losses from users, and guarantees around 10% of the total amount of assets from the company.
Many researchers around the world are now analysing the flow of the hacked coins, such as Coinfirm:
From the core account, Coinfirm found two major branches, and then moved into three other accounts:
They have then identified that the hacked currency is now being split up into smaller wallets:
Conclusions
It is good to see SAFU, but it’s only 10% of the total amount of . What would have happened if all the had been hacked. There would have been a 90% short-fall. We need of the industries involved, and they must make sure that they look after their customer’s assets.
Published at Thu, 09 May 2019 08:43:21 +0000