ZAIF

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"The licensed exchange, called Zaif, is operated by the Tech Bureau. It said on Thursday that the exchange first noticed an unusual outflow of funds on the platform around 17:00 Japan time on September 14, after which the company suspended asset deposit and withdrawal services. Tech Bureau explained that after further investigation, it discovered that hackers with unauthorized access to the exchange’s hot wallets had stolen roughly $60 million in bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and MonaCoin. That being said, the exact amount of bitcoin cash stolen remains unknown." “Zaif added that they were planning to restart the server along with a security update and that they had notified the authorities about the case.”

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$60 million in bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and MonaCoin were taken from the hot wallets of the Zaif exchange in Japan. These funds were obviously not stored securely, or insured. The company ultimately "reached an agreement with a Japan-listed firm called Fisco to receive a $44.5 million investment in exchange for a major share of ownership", saving investors from having to lose all their funds.

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