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Cryptopia to resume operations once balances are secured
The New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia was given permission to resume its operations following a hack in January that saw around $16 million in digital assets stolen.
The New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia was given permission to resume its operations following a hack in January that saw around $16 million in digital assets stolen.
Police in New Zealand have given the green light to Cryptopia exchange to reopen "whenever they want." But for some reason, they still haven’t.
New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia realized that it was under attack by hackers. It moved to thwart the theft of assets, but not until after approximately $3.65 million in Ether (ETH) and Centrality had been lifted off the platform.
In the wake of the hack of the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia more than a week ago, the lack of information is starting to worry some people that the hack was bigger than reported.
The scale of the attack remains unclear for the time being, though there is the suggestion that as many as 19,931 ETH and 48 million Centrality (CENNZ) tokens could have been moved from the exchange, totaling in the region of US$3.65 million.
According to reports, the directors at Wex allegedly registered their internet address using fake contact details. For this reason, the New Zealand Domain Name Commission (DNC) revoked the wex.nz domain.