The attack hit around 21:30 UTC and lasted for about an hour before the Bitfinex crew managed to get everything under control. While the DDoS attack didn't affect the Bitfinex API in the beginning, it ...

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In our August 9 blog post, we discussed the Bitfinex hack that rattled the bitcoin markets and raised serious questions about the security of bitcoin wallets and allocating risk in this new age of ...

A Cloudflare outage on Tuesday knocked out numerous popular web services, including major crypto exchanges FTX, Bitfinex and OKX, raising questions about the security of centralized crypto platforms.

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the 2016 Bitfinex hack -- when hackers stole nearly 120,000 bitcoins from the exchange, worth $64 million at the time, and ...

Bitfinex—the Bitcoin exchange which suffered a major hack last week—will spread the cost of its losses across all accounts. The Hong Kong-based company suspended all transactions following a security ...