Cybersecurity
Bitcoin Exchange Says Platform Restored After Hack Attempt
- Bitfinex suffers second denial of service attack this month
- Platform is one of world’s biggest exchanges by trading volume
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Bitfinex, one of the world’s biggest bitcoin exchanges, has had its platform restored after hackers sought for the second time this month to prevent users from accessing it via a so-called denial-of-service attack.
The hackers created “hundreds of thousands of new accounts,” causing stress on the Bitfinex’s infrastructure, the exchange said in a status update on its website. The attack took about 12 hours to resolve and new user signups were temporarily disabled to help defend against the attackers, it said.