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HistoryNov 13, 2013 - 6:14 p.m.

Bitcash.cz Bitcoin Exchange hacked; Money from 4000 Bitcoin wallets Stolen

2013-11-1318:14:00
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Another Bitcoin Exchange hacked! Bitcash. CZ based out of the Czech Republic has been hacked and Money from 4000 Bitcoin wallets have been Stolen, value of over 2 million Czech Koruna i.e. Approx $100,000.

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Bitcash.cz is currently down with a maintenance message that on the evening of November 11, their server was compromised by unknown Hackers and bitcoins from its clients were stolen.

Hackers appear to have sent emails from _Bitcash.cz _email accounts pretending to be members of staff. The emails claim the company had to use a US recovery company to get back the bitcoins that have been stolen and recipients are then apparently asked to send 2 BTC to a wallet address in order for their bitcoins to be returned.

We are trying to resolve the situation, but we want to warn our users about fraudulent emails and scams [claiming to be from Bitcash]” site said on their Facebook page.

Meanwhile, GBL, the Chinese Bitcoin exchange mysteriously disappeared, taking more than $4 million of the virtual currency with it and leaving profit-hungry investors out of pocket.

Last week, Australian Bitcoin website_ inputs.io_ was hacked and around 4100 BTC valued at over $1 million stolen from a user’s virtual wallet.

In May 2012, Bitcoinica, a Bitcoin exchange started by a 17-year old teenager was also hacked and more than 18,000 BTC worth $90,000 or 68,000 EUR were stolen.

_Seems phishy to me… What do you think, is it the FBI or __some state sponsored hackers, who _is collecting BITCOINS by all dirty ways in order to regulate it?

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